WASHINGTON: The number of Native Americans who were killed in US boarding schools is at least triple the official government figure, the Washington Post reported Sunday (Dec 22).
Elders from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in southeastern Montana listen to speakers during a session for survivors of government-sponsored Native American boarding schools, in Bozeman, Montana, Nov 5, 2023. WASHINGTON: The number of Native Americans who were killed in US boarding schools is at least triple the official government figure, the Washington Post reported Sunday .
President Joe Biden made headlines in October when he offered a historic apology for one of the United States'"most horrific chapters": Native American children being ripped from their families and placed in often abusive boarding schools. Poor record-keeping and the passage of time have made it difficult to determine exactly how many children died at the schools, where conditions were akin to"prison camps," one expert told the newspaper.
Biden's speech came after a government report documented the deaths of nearly 1,000 children at such schools, though the real number was always thought to be higher.
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