How the US stole thousands of Native American children
We must #staystrongertogether with not only our #Vote Please get and #StayEngaged yes even in politics, but also continue to #Decolonize N.O.W. How the US stole thousands of Native American children Oct 14, 2019 Vox The long and brutal history of the US trying to “kill the Indian and save the man”. For more of Vox's reporting on Indigenous Peoples' Day, check out the latest episode of Today Explained: https://art19.com/shows/today-explain... Toward the end of the 19th century, the US took thousands of Native American children and enrolled them in off-reservation boarding schools, stripping them of their cultures and languages. Yet decades later as the US phased out the schools, following years of indigenous activism, it found a new way to assimilate Native American children: promoting their adoption into white families. Watch the episode to find out how these two distinct eras in US history have had lasting impacts on Native American families. In the...