July 31, 2024 7:50 PM

Over 970 Native American children died at federal boarding schools

At least 973 Native American children died at Indian Boarding Schools from 1819 to 1969, according to a federal report that calls on the U.S. government to apologize for the 150-year-long forced assimilation policy used to separate children from families and destroy tribal identity. Many of the children who died were buried at 65 former schools across the country in at least 74 marked and unmarked burial sites, according to a U.S. Department of the Interior study released on Tuesday. It was th...