Reckoning with the forced assimilation of Native American children

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🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The Department of the Interior released a report showing that between 1819 and 1969, hundreds of Native American children died while in the federal Indian boarding school system. The probe takes a deep look at the systemic way in which the US government forced indigenous families to assimilate, often through widespread abuse. Plus, even as COVID cases rise, many Americans say the pandemic is over. And, billions in new aid for Ukraine. Guests: Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, Bryan Newland. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, and Lydia McMullen-Laird. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Hundreds of children died in Native American boarding schools, report finds Axios-Ipsos poll: 1 in 3 say the pandemic's over Senate passes $40 billion aid package for Ukraine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Good morning, welcome to Axios today.
0:36.0	It's Friday, May 20th.
0:38.0	I'm Nyla Buddha.
0:39.0	Here's what we're following today.
0:41.0	As COVID cases rise, many Americans still say the pandemic is over.
0:46.0	Plus, billions in new aid for Ukraine.
0:49.0	But first, today's one big thing,
0:52.0	reckoning with the forced assimilation of Native American children.
0:57.0	After almost a year of investigating federal Indian boarding schools in the US,
1:04.0	the Department of the Interior released its first report last week,
1:08.0	showing that between 1819 and 1969, hundreds of Native American children died
1:14.0	while in the boarding school system.
1:16.0	The probe looked at the systemic way in which the US government forced indigenous families
1:21.0	to assimilate, often through widespread abuse.
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