WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will designate a national monument Monday that will memorialize the federal government's oppression of thousands of Native American children in a boarding school system during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Biden will announce the new monument, called the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument and located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, during the final White House Tribal Nations Summit of his administration this afternoon.
"Many Native children were subjected to sexual abuse at the schools.
The Carlisle School and national monument will be located on 24.5 acres of what is now the U.S. Army's Carlisle Barracks, which the White House said is one of the oldest military installations in the U.S.
The designation follows Biden’s formal apology in October for the boarding school system during a visit to Phoenix, Arizona.
Persons:
Joe Biden, Biden, Deb Haaland, White
Organizations:
WASHINGTON, Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School, White, Tribal Nations Summit, . School, Carlisle School, U.S, National Park Service, Army
Locations:
Carlisle, Carlisle , Pennsylvania, Alaska, American, U.S, Phoenix , Arizona