American Indian College Fund Statement on President Biden's Apology on Federal Boarding School Policy
October 27, 2024
October 27, 2024
DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 27 -- The American Indian College Fund issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2024:
President Biden issued a formal apology October 25 in Arizona for the U.S. government's role in forcing more than 60,000 American Indian and Alaska Native children into Indian boarding schools for a 150-year period that resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,000 students. This federal policy stripped Native American children of their language and culture to force their assimila . . .
President Biden issued a formal apology October 25 in Arizona for the U.S. government's role in forcing more than 60,000 American Indian and Alaska Native children into Indian boarding schools for a 150-year period that resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,000 students. This federal policy stripped Native American children of their language and culture to force their assimila . . .