1. Stolen children.
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ASSIMILATION (Sociology) , *BOARDING schools , *NATIVE American children , *CHILD sexual abuse - Abstract
The article informs that Deb Haaland, the first Native American cabinet secretary, released the first volume of the review on the conditions of the federal Indian boarding-school system from 1819 to 1969. It mentions forced-assimilation practices included cutting off the children's long hair, and stripping them of their traditional clothing, language and culture, force the use of English, and there was physical, sexual and emotional abuse as well as malnourishment, disease and overcrowding.
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- 2022