The remains of 10 more Native American children who were taken from their families and forced into U.S. government-run boarding schools, where they died, are being deterred and will be returned to their relatives. 💔huffpost.com/entry/remains-…
"The school...housed some 10,000 indigenous children before it shut down in 1918. Students were forced to cut their braids, dress in uniforms, speak English and adopt European names. Infectious disease and harsh conditions claimed the lives of many of the children buried there."
"The cemetery contains more than 180 graves of students.
These children died at a school they were forced to attend by the U.S. govt after being forcibly taken from their families in a U.S. govt effort to assimilate them into white culture.
"Kill the Indian, save the man." 💔
These children died at a school they were forced to attend by the U.S. govt after being forcibly taken from their families in a U.S. govt effort to assimilate them into white culture.
"Kill the Indian, save the man." 💔
A horrific chapter in American history not talked about in schools.
This wasn't that long ago. This U.S. government practice of ripping kids from their families and forcing them into torturous white-assimilation boarding schools went on from 1869 - 1960s.
Interior @SecDebHaaland's grandparents were among those forced into boarding schools.
Interior @SecDebHaaland's grandparents were among those forced into boarding schools.
"Native people are resilient and strong, but the painful and traumatic history of genocide and forced assimilation by the federal govt lives on in our communities and our people have never been able to fully heal."
That's then-Rep. Haaland in 2020.
That's then-Rep. Haaland in 2020.
As a member of Congress, Haaland introduced a bill to create a first-of-its-kind U.S. commission to document and acknowledge the government's cultural genocide of Native Americans. huffpost.com/entry/deb-haal…
That bill didn't become law.
But Haaland now runs the federal agency that previously took Native children away from their families -- including her relatives -- and forced them into horrific boarding schools. How's that for justice.
We'll see if she can do anything on this now.
But Haaland now runs the federal agency that previously took Native children away from their families -- including her relatives -- and forced them into horrific boarding schools. How's that for justice.
We'll see if she can do anything on this now.
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