Biden gives ‘unflinching’ apology for U.S.-run Indigenous boarding schools, tribe member says
U.S. President Joe Biden formally apologized on Friday to Indigenous people in the United States for the government's role in the abuse and neglect of children sent to federal boarding schools in order to assimilate them into white society. Brian Bull, a member of the Nimiipu (Nez Percé) tribe, says Biden gave an ‘unflinching’ apology.
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It was a moment of both contrition and frustration as he sought to recognize one of the "most horrific chapters" in the nation's history.
