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President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Tribal Nations Summit, Monday, December 9, 2024, at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. (From Adam Schultz/White House) President Joe Biden chose his last White House Tribal Nations Summit to announce the creation of a national monument to honor Native American boarding school survivors. “I don’t […]
Thorpe’s great-grandson, James Thorpe Kossakowski, called Biden’s designation an important and “historic” step toward broadening Americans’ understanding of the federal government’s forced assimilation policy. “It’s very emotional for me to walk around, to look at the area where my great-grandfather had gone through school, where he had met my great-grandmother, where they were married, where […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden created the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in Pennsylvania on Monday to underscore the oppression Indigenous people faced there and across the broader Native American boarding school system, as well as the lasting impacts of the abuse that occurred at these schools. The proclamation came as Biden — who hosted […]
The Alaska Native Heritage Center’s new exhibit on the impact of government and religious boarding schools is part of a series that will also look at the education of Native children before and after the boarding school era. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) As it marked its 25th anniversary, the Alaska Native Heritage Center underwent a major facelift […]
Save $11 on this Lego Star Wars: A New Hope Boarding the Tantive IV set, which features the entrance of one of the most memorable villains of all time, Darth Vader. His Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope appearance is etched in the minds of millions of Star Wars fans and, thanks to Amazon’s […]
A Bengaluru resident faced a harrowing experience with Ola Cabs this week while trying to return home from the airport late at night. The woman was picked up by a cab from the designated pickup station around 10:30 pm and did not initially realise that something was amiss. The ‘fake’ driver was eventually arrested after […]
“After 150 years, the United States government eventually stopped the program, but the federal government has never formally apologized for what happened,” Biden said. “Until today — I formally apologize, as president of the United States of America, for what we did.” Biden’s apology was met with loud cheers from the crowd. He is the […]