Biden apologizes for past U.S. policy on boarding schools for Indigenous children

U.S. President Joe Biden formally apologized on Friday to Indigenous people for the government's role in the abuse and neglect of children sent to federal boarding schools to assimilate them into white society.

Biden apologizes for past U.S. policy on boarding schools for Indigenous children
A man in a suit and aviator sunglasses looks down solemnly at a podium.

U.S. President Joe Biden formally apologized on Friday to Indigenous people for the government's role in the abuse and neglect of children sent to federal boarding schools to assimilate them into white society.