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The boarding schools were often hundreds of miles away from tribal homelands, and any Indigenous languages, clothing, hairstyles, or names were prohibited. Children were neglected and abused, all with the intent of destroying Native identities and future generations of tribes. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 30, 2022

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Throughout history, the US government has sought to undermine the existence of tribes and erase Indigenous culture by severing the ties Native children have to their communities. For years, children as young as four were taken and placed in boarding school institutions. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 30, 2022

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While the boarding schools were largely shuttered in the mid-1900s, coercive adoptive programs took their place. Public and private child welfare agencies were removing 25 to 35 percent of Native children from their homes, placing most of them in non-Native households. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 30, 2022