Numerous survivors of government-funded boarding schools meant to forcibly assimilate Native American children say they were physically, emotionally, and sexually abused. "Survivors have been trying to tell these stories for decades," Antonia Hylton tells Aaron Gilchrist.
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Thank you for covering this!
Liberals (or _Traitors_ I’d prefer) are more worried about foreigners who cut in line, than they are about Americans. Sad.
*AMERICANS FIRST*
@Bay 17 ⬅️spam bot. Same comment everywhere.
@Sarah F. 4.2 whats funny was it was republikkkans who tried to overthrow the elections but “liberals are traitors” he needs to GTFOH with that horse sh*t🤣🤦🤣🤦
@Shy Humphreys – The DNC succeeded in rigging the primaries against Sanders TWICE. So who’s to say they didn’t rig the general in 2020?
Thank you for reporting on this!! 🌟
American traditions wipe out other traditions
That’s the point right?
Thank you for bringing this out in the open.. our stories need to be told!
I Survived Boarding school. What a messed up concept. My hart is crying for these people.
They also took indigenous children and gave them to white parents only in the 1970s.
They did that to my great grandfather.
This was done, to break all their cultural heritage”. to reinforce white culture was dominant. Native Culture” was insufficient.
@Stone Rivers And we still have the white supremacist/Conservative ilk trying to do the same thing.
I’m one of them. ❤
Sugar coating allot it was illegal to be native in America at one point
Technically, it wasn’t illegal. However, the official, recorded goal was to eradicate them. Just attempted genocide, nothing to see here, folks.
They only hear what they want.
@Tammy Tate in California and other states it was illegal and many native people took Spanish last names to hide the fact that they were native or so I read
@diegop2311 what’s that statute? I would like to read that.
The natives were treated no different in Canada. Hope those responsible should pay with their lives
I think the discovery of unmarked graves in Canada is what may have made our government investigate our native American boarding schools here.
@Shannon Johnson Some of us have known about our own American atrocities against the Native Americans in the “Christian“ boarding schools for a very long time. I’m sure I learned it in school, it left a huge impact on me.
Absolutely diabolical! I’m glad these stories are being brought to light.
It’s happened in Canada too ❗
Very SAD 😭
I worked and lived in Tuba City, AZ for 6 years and witnessed horrific scenes of children being dropped off at a boarding school running after their relatives driving away while they screamed and cried. It was heartbreaking. The school personnel never came out of the school to comfort or assist the distressed children.
The truth will surface. But will there be justice?
Devils representing God.
How is it so easy for some people to hurt & even torture children over & over year after year?? You who are guilty will atone for what you did to child after child!
It’s easy” when your culturally arrogant ! thinking your culture, is superior. to all others”. so everyone must assimilate to yours”. When it’s clearly not.
My heart goes out to the Native Americans
Meanwhile…in Afghanistan
The churches…🤦♂️
Makes me sick that people would do that I have native friends and they are a proud people
Great to see the US has began this journey as well👍
This has been a huge issue in Canada as well. Both the Canadian and US governments must hold the Catholic Church to account. The Church will put up a huge resistance but we must continue our efforts to get the history of the boarding schools in the US and the residential schools known.