Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US Government boarding schools
Billings, Montana, US AP At least 973 Native American children died in the US Government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department officials who called on the government to apologise for the schools. The investigation commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland found marked and unmarked graves at […]
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