US to probe into the dark history of brutal past of American Indian Boarding Schools

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The United States Government will finally probe into the Indian Boarding schools of America and the dark history of the brutalities hidden inside them.

The White House Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said that the government will review the troubled history of the "Native Americans"  and will work to find the remains of the Children who died in them.

"We must uncover the truth about the loss of human life, and the lasting consequences of these schools."

The unprecedented investigation will include compiling and reviewing decades of records to identify past boarding schools, track down known and possible burial sites at or around those schools, and find the names and tribal affiliations of students, she said.

Haaland is the first American Indian to serve as a Cabinet secretary in the 244 years of the country's history.

Haaland last year introduced legislation seeking the establishment of a Truth and Healing Commission into the conditions at former Indian boarding schools. 

The state of former Indian boarding schools caught the global eye last month when tribal leaders in Canada announced the uncovering of unmarked graves of 215 children at the site of the Kamloops residential school for Indigenous children.

Beginning with the Indian Civilization Act of 1819, the US  introduced laws and policies to establish and support Indian boarding schools across the country. 

For more than 150 years, Indigenous children were separated from their communities and forced into boarding schools that aimed at assimilation.

Publish : 2021-06-23 10:17:00

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