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In Arizona, Biden Makes Apology for Indian Boarding Schools

‘I’m heading to do something that should have been done a long time ago,’ he told members of the press.
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In Arizona, Biden Makes Apology for Indian Boarding Schools
President Joe Biden after stepping off Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Oct. 3. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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President Joe Biden became the first president to formally apologize to America’s Indian nations for the more than 150 years of forcing tribal children to attend federal Indian boarding schools.

“I have a solid responsibility to be the first president to formally apologize to the native peoples, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, Native Alaskans for the federal Indian boarding schools,” he said to members of the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona on Oct. 25. “It’s long, long, long overdue.

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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.