US Official to Address Legacy of Indigenous Boarding Schools

[Judi Lynn]

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is scheduled to outline a path forward while addressing members of the National Congress of American Indians

By Susan Montoya Bryan • Published 5 mins ago

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other federal officials are expected Tuesday to announce steps the federal government plans to take to reconcile the troubled legacy of boarding school policies on Indigenous families and communities.

A member of New Mexico's Laguna Pueblo and the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary, Haaland is scheduled to outline a path forward while addressing members of the National Congress of American Indians during the group's midyear conference.

Starting with the Indian Civilization Act of 1819, the U.S. enacted laws and policies to establish and support Indian boarding schools across the nation. For over 150 years, hundreds of thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their communities and forced into boarding schools that focused on assimilation.

The recent discovery of children's remains buried at the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school has magnified interest in that legacy both in Canada and the United States.

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[niyad]

1. Gllad to hear this. Although nothing can undo the damage and loss.

[2naSalit]

2. If there is ever a...

Reparation program, the indigenous peoples should see them first due to the ongoing genocide against them. The descendants of slaves should see them directly following that, I have no problem with reparations, I just think that the first to be impacted and enslaved should have their needs addressed first. The indigenous peoples were enslaved long before the Europeans started importing them from Africa.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R