Biden Apologizes for Indian Boarding Schools

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WATCH LIVE: Biden to make historic apology for U.S. role in deadly Indigenous boarding schools

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President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize for the country's role in the Indian boarding school system.

Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland , a member of the Pueblo of Laguna , said she was honored to play a role, along with her staff, in helping make the apology a reality.

No president has ever formally apologized for the forced removal of Native American , Alaska Native , and Native Hawaiian children.

In 1993 , President Bill Clinton signed a law apologizing to Native Hawaiians for the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy a century prior.

In 2008 , Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for his government’s past policies of assimilation, including the forced removal of children.

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