"I'm heading to do something that should have been done a long time ago, to make a formal apology to the Indian nations for the way we treated their children for so many years," Mr. Biden said on Thursday as he departed the White House for Phoenix."
"For decades, this terrible chapter was hidden from our history books," said Deb Haaland, the nation's first Native American Secretary of Interior, who joined the president on Air Force One to Arizona. "But now our administration's work will ensure no one will ever forget."
At one time, she said, the idea that the government would apologize to survivors and descendants was far-fetched, marking a significant shift in governmental acknowledgment of historical injustices against Native Americans."
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