Biden to Apologize for Indian Boarding School Policy

“President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of generations of Indigenous children and their ancestors,” the AP reports.

Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna: “I would never have guessed in a million years that something like this would happen. It’s a big deal to me. I’m sure it will be a big deal to all of Indian Country.”