The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition released a new list of Indigenous boarding schools Wednesday that surpasses the number of previously reported institutions.
The list of Indigenous boarding schools in the United States includes many that have closed and some that are still in operation today.
It found the federal government ran or supported 408 boarding schools that forced assimilation between 1819 and 1969.
The list also includes 125 schools that are currently open and that were or are considered Indigenous boarding schools.
The legislation provided religious organizations with the resources to run more than a hundred schools for Native American children.
Persons:
Deborah Parker, “ There’s, it’s, ” Parker, “ We’re, “ They’re, Deb Haaland, –
Organizations:
CNN, National, American Boarding School, Coalition, of Interior, White, Interior Department, Federal
Locations:
White, United States, American, Alaska