At least 973 Native American children died in the US government's abusive boarding school system, with graves found at 65 schools, causing sickness and abuse over 150 years. Government officials called for an apology for the harm caused.
The federal government's deliberate boarding school policies aimed to isolate, assimilate, or destroy Native American children's identities, languages, and cultures. The schools enforced English names, military drills, and manual labor, affecting over 400 institutions until the 1960s.
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