The History of Native American Boarding Schools Is Even More Complicated than a New Report Reveals

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English - May 21, 2022 13:57 - 10 minutes - 18.8 MB - ★★★★ - 63 ratings
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Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a more than 100-page report on the federal Indigenous boarding schools designed to assimilate Native Americans in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. Between 1819 and 1969, the U.S. ran or supported 408 boarding schools, the department found.