Unearthing the horror of Native American boarding schools

The Real News Podcast · Jul 13, 2021 · 46m

Back in May, the remains of 215 children were discovered on the grounds of a former residential (boarding) school in Canada that was used to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children—soon after, over 750 unmarked graves were discovered at another residential school. Given the historical brutality of such residential schools in their treatment of Indigenous children, it is widely suspected that similar gravesites exist at residential schools across the U.S. and Canada. Investigating these atrocities will require a significant commitment from the US and Canadian governments, and atoning for the…