"I formally apologize" said President Joe Biden today. Speaking at the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, Biden apologized for the 150 years (early 1800's to 1970) the U.S. government mandated the removal of native children from their homes to be put in Federal Indian Boarding Schools. Many were abused; many died; all suffered. This part of the U.S. history has been ignored. Biden was the first president to appoint a Native American to his cabinet, Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland.
During the Biden administration he and Haaland guided the White House Council of Native American Affairs. Biden worked to give tribes more autonomy, to reduce child poverty, to provide 200,000 jobs for Native Americans and increase funding for healthcare and education. November in Native American Heritage month.
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