Published On: Fri, Oct 25th, 2024

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

An older balding cleanshaven man in a suit and tie is shown standing near an airplane and shaking the hand of a young woman who is wearing a kind of traditional costume.

U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to formally apologize 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.

CBC | World News

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