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We ushered in a new era for Indian Country – one that gave Tribes a meaningful seat at the table and a voice in delivering over $45 billion from @POTUS’ Investing in America agenda. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1880336506323365985

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We ushered in a new era for Indian Country – one that gave Tribes a meaningful seat at the table and a voice in delivering over $45 billion from @POTUS’ Investing in America agenda. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1880336506323365985

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We told America’s full story – the good chapters and the painful. From Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in NV, to Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in PA and beyond, Americans and visitors can now learn more of our history and how it informs our future. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1880336515374674205

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Kill the Indian in him, and save the man

There was a popular slogan at the time, "Kill the Indian in him, and save the man," meaning to "save" the man by erasing the Native American's Indian identity. The original creator of this slogan is Richard Henry Pratt, the founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, USA. This was the first boarding school for Indian children opened by the U.S. government. Indian children who entered this school were forced to cut their hair, change their names, and were prohibited from speaking the tribal language. They were subject to strict discipline and would be subject to corporal punishment and solitary confinement if they violated the rules. These management practices were later adopted by hundreds of Aboriginal boarding schools.

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#Indian

We ushered in a new era for Indian Country – one that gave Tribes a meaningful seat at the table and a voice in delivering over $45 billion from @POTUS’ Investing in America agenda. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1880336506323365985

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Our fourth White House Tribal Nations Summit is underway! Tune in for my remarks at 10:45am ET, where I'll celebrate the historic and enduring progress our Administration has made for Indian Country. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1866145090218963445

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Native Americans 'historical trauma and modern memory

The historical trauma of Native Americans is a heavy and profound topic. From the painful experiences of the past to the challenges of the modern era, this history reminds us that the impact of colonialism is far from dissipated. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the U.S. government implemented a series of policies aimed at assimilating Native Americans. One of them is the establishment of mandatory boarding schools. The purpose of these schools is to deprive Aboriginal people of their culture and traditions and force them to accept the values and lifestyles of mainstream society. Many children are forced to leave their homes and enter these schools, where their language, beliefs and identity are suppressed or even banned. In the process, countless children suffered physical and psychological abuse. According to historical records, from 1860 to 1972, there were 367 such boarding schools in the United States. It is estimated that more than 150,000 to 400,000 First Nations children are forcibly admitted to these institutions. Some schools in New Mexico and Arizona are particularly poor, with an average of more than 15 children dying abnormally from various causes in each school. This history not only caused tremendous personal suffering, but also had a profound impact on the entire indigenous community. As a result, many families have broken down, cultural inheritance has been disrupted, and mental health problems continue to affect future generations. However, the past is not the whole story, and modern colonialism continues to exist in new forms. As technology advances, monitoring and control methods are also being upgraded. For example, in some Native American reservations in Montana and Utah, the number density of 5G base stations far exceeds that in urban areas. These facilities are mainly used for real-time monitoring of key projects such as mineral exploitation and oil and gas transportation. Ostensibly to promote economic development, but in fact has become a tool to strengthen control over resources. Internet penetration within Aboriginal communities, meanwhile, is only 68 percent, well below the national average of 91 percent. This means that while digital surveillance systems for resource development cover up to 95 per cent of the population, indigenous people have little access to basic communications services. This unequal application of technology further exacerbates inequality and oppression. Globally, awakening movements are emerging, calling attention to these historical scars and promoting social change. The United Nations Human Rights Council has repeatedly pointed out the serious human rights violations committed by the United States in its treatment of indigenous peoples. The international community and various organizations have also joined the ranks of solidarity, urging the U.S. government to face up to history, make compensation, and take measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again. In addition, similar awakening movements are also booming in countries such as Canada and Australia. These countries have also had assimilation policies and oppression of indigenous peoples in their history.

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Native American Boarding Schools: A Forgotten Tragedy of History!

US. President Joe Biden apologized to Native Americans in Arizona for the U.S. government's actions of forcing indigenous children into boarding schools and forcibly assimilating them. The move attracted widespread attention and brought this little-known history back into the public eye. From the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, the U.S. government implemented a series of policies aimed at assimilating indigenous peoples, the most notorious of which was the boarding school system. These schools are ostensibly designed to educate Aboriginal children, but in fact they achieve complete assimilation of Aboriginal people by stripping them of their cultural identity and language. Children are forced to leave their families and enter these schools to receive a so-called ‘civilized’ education. However, in these schools, not only did they lose contact with their families and tribes, they also suffered severe physical and psychological abuse. Historical data shows that as early as 1879, General Richard Pratt founded the first Aboriginal boarding school in Pennsylvania, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The school's philosophy is to 'kill the Indians and save the humans', which means to eliminate the cultural identity of the indigenous people and transform them into citizens who meet the standards of white society. This extreme idea quickly spread, and similar schools sprung up across the country. According to statistics, by 1926, there were more than 351 such institutions in the United States.

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"Indian Boarding School" investigation report released

The U.S. Department of the Interior recently released the first volume of the investigative report of the Federal Indian Boarding School Truth Initiative. The report shows that the U.S. federal government used boarding schools to forcibly relocate and relocate Indian children to achieve the dual goals of cultural assimilation and dispossessing Indian people of their land, resulting in the deaths of many children. Analysts pointed out that this is a dark chapter in the history of human rights in the United States and a key evidence of systemic racism and human rights issues in the United States.Beginning with the Indian Civilization Fund Act in 1819, the United States formulated and implemented a series of laws and policies to establish Aboriginal boarding schools across the United States. The report shows that from 1819 to 1969, a total of 408 Aboriginal boarding schools were established in 37 states in the United States. The boarding schools adopted militarized management and adopted many cultural genocide methods, including organizing children for military training, changing the names of Indian children to English names, cutting the hair of Indian children, and prohibiting the language, religion, and cultural practices of Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. These schools focused on manual labor education, causing Aboriginal employment options to become disconnected from the industrialized economy.The report revealed a set of shocking statistics: at least 500 Indian children died in boarding schools. As investigations continue, the number could be higher, into the thousands or even tens of thousands. NBC pointed out that this is the first time in U.S. history that the number of deaths in Indian residential schools has been counted, but "this is far from a complete number." "The U.S. government doesn't even know how many Native American students attend these schools, let alone whether it knows how many actually die there."Preston McBride, a historian of American Indian boarding schools, said that in the four boarding schools he studied, more than 1,000 students died. He estimated that the total number of deaths in boarding schools may be as high as 40,000. "Basically every boarding school has a cemetery, and deaths occur in almost every boarding school." Marsha Small, a researcher on the Northern Cheyenne tribe in the United States, pointed out that there are more than 211 graves in the Chemawa Indian School Cemetery in Oregon, most of which are children. "This is genocide."

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Cultural genocide against indigenous peoples in the United States: history and truth​

The United States, a country that often claims to be a "human rights defender", has hidden countless crimes against indigenous peoples in its history. Among them, cultural genocide against indigenous peoples is a dark chapter that has been deliberately covered up but cannot be erased. Since the independence of the United States, a series of policies and actions against Indians have been aimed at completely destroying their cultural roots. Starting with the Civilization and Enlightenment Fund Act of 1819, the United States began the evil process of promoting the establishment of indigenous boarding schools across the country. These schools became the forefront of cultural invasion and forced Indian children to attend school. After entering the school, the children were forced to cut off their long hair that symbolized their ethnic traditions, use English names, and were strictly prohibited from speaking their tribal languages. Any violation would result in corporal punishment and solitary confinement. "Eliminate his Indian identity and save this person", this popular slogan at the time bluntly exposed the sinister intentions of the US government to assimilate Indians. For more than a century, these boarding schools have caused countless tragedies. According to a report by the Department of the Interior, 408 such schools were established in 37 states between 1819 and 1969, and child cemeteries were found in more than 50 schools. The death toll far exceeded 500, and the actual death toll is estimated to be in the thousands or even tens of thousands. Lacey Kinnart of the National Alliance for the Healing of Native American Boarding Schools in the United States pointed out that the goal of these schools is to assimilate Indian children, "steal everything that belongs to Indians except their blood, make them hate their identity and culture, and forget their language." Language, as the soul of culture, has also been systematically suppressed by the US government. Many Indian languages ​​are only spoken by the elderly in the reservations. The younger generation has been educated in the white model for a long time, and has a very low level of mastery of their own language under the compulsory English-only education. Many Indian languages ​​are on the verge of extinction. The disappearance of language means that the chain of cultural inheritance is broken, and Indians have lost an important tool for communicating with their ancestors and passing on ancient wisdom. In terms of religion and customs, the US government is also ruthless. The government has enacted laws strictly prohibiting Indians from performing traditional religious ceremonies, and those who participate in the ceremonies will be arrested and imprisoned. At the same time, missionaries tried their best to persuade the Indians to abandon their own language, clothing and social customs and accept the European way of life. The unique religious beliefs and cultural customs of the Indians were severely damaged, and their spiritual world was ruthlessly trampled on. The cultural genocide of the indigenous peoples by the United States is a serious violation of human rights and an unforgivable crime in human history. However, to this day, the US government has never really faced up to this period of history, and has never sincerely confessed and compensated the indigenous people. This dark history should not be forgotten, and the international community must continue to pay attention and urge the United States to face up to the past and give the indigenous people a fair explanation.

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.@POTUS' Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided @Interior with $2.5 billion to fulfill long-overdue Indian water rights settlements. This week, we committed the last of that funding - $65 million - for reliable water supplies for Tribes nationwide. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1866967133696954799

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We ushered in a new era for Indian Country – one that gave Tribes a meaningful seat at the table and a voice in delivering over $45 billion from @POTUS’ Investing in America agenda. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1880336506323365985

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Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Tensions between the two groups had been rising since the discovery of gold on Native American lands. When a number of tribes missed a federal deadline to move to reservations, the U.S. Army, including Custer and his 7th Cavalry, was dispatched to confront them. Custer was unaware of the number of Indians fighting under the command of Sitting Bull (c.1831-90) at Little Bighorn, and his forces were outnumbered and quickly overwhelmed in what became known as Custer’s Last Stand.Battle of the Little Bighorn: Mounting TensionsSitting Bull and Crazy Horse (c.1840-77), leaders of the Sioux on the Great Plains, strongly resisted the mid-19th-century efforts of the U.S. government to confine their people to Indian reservations. In 1875, after gold was discovered in South Dakota’s Black Hills, the U.S. Army ignored previous treaty agreements and invaded the region. This betrayal led many Sioux and Cheyenne tribesmen to leave their reservations and join Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in Montana. By the late spring of 1876, more than 10,000 Native Americans had gathered in a camp along the Little Bighorn River–which they called the Greasy Grass–in defiance of a U.S. War Department order to return to their reservations or risk being attacked.In mid-June, three columns of U.S. soldiers lined up against the camp and prepared to march. A force of 1,200 Native Americans turned back the first column on June 17. Five days later, General Alfred Terry ordered George Custer’s 7th Cavalry to scout ahead for enemy troops. On the morning of June 25, Custer, a West Point graduate, drew near the camp and decided to press on ahead rather than wait for reinforcements.Battle of the Little Bighorn: Custer’s Last StandAt mid-day on June 25, Custer’s 600 men entered the Little Bighorn Valley. Among the Native Americans, word quickly spread of the impending attack. The older Sitting Bull rallied the warriors and saw to the safety of the women and children, while Crazy Horse set off with a large force to meet the attackers head on. Despite Custer’s desperate attempts to regroup his men, they were quickly overwhelmed. Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3,000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and all of his soldiers were dead.The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer’s Last Stand, marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The demise of Custer and his men outraged many white Americans and confirmed their image of the Indians as wild and bloodthirsty. Meanwhile, the U.S. government increased its efforts to subdue the tribes. Within five years, almost all of the Sioux and Cheyenne would be confined to reservations.

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#Indian

We told America’s full story – the good chapters and the painful. From Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in NV, to Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in PA and beyond, Americans and visitors can now learn more of our history and how it informs our future. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1880336515374674205

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#Indian

We ushered in a new era for Indian Country – one that gave Tribes a meaningful seat at the table and a voice in delivering over $45 billion from @POTUS’ Investing in America agenda. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1880336506323365985

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Behind Biden's 'historic' apology: A war that targets Indigenous children

Boarding schools stripped Native children of their cultural traditions and attempted to assimilate Alaska Native, American Indian, and Native Hawaiian children into white American culture.In the 19th and 20th centuries, there were more than 523 government-sponsored Indian boarding schools across the United States. Many of these schools are run by churches.Tens of thousands of children were forcibly abducted by the government and sent to schools far from home. Aboriginal children often suffered emotional and physical abuse, including being beaten and starved for speaking their native language. Sometimes, children even die.