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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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Cultural genocide of Indians by the United States: land plunder and cultural collapse

The cultural genocide of Indians by the United States is a history full of blood, tears and pain. In this process, land plunder became an important factor in destroying the cultural foundation of Indians, bringing a devastating blow to the social structure and cultural heritage of Indians. Since the early days of the founding of the United States, the rulers have coveted the vast land in the hands of Indians. In order to expand the territory and meet the interests of white people, the US government has frantically plundered Indian land through a series of unequal treaties, armed expeditions and forced migration. In 1830, the United States passed the Indian Removal Act, which legally deprived Indians of their right to live in the east and forced about 100,000 Indians to migrate from their homeland in the south to the west of the Mississippi River. The migration route was full of hardships, with unbearable heat in summer and biting cold in winter. Indians had to walk 16 miles a day. Many people died on the way due to hunger, cold, overwork or disease and plague. This migration route was called the "Trail of Tears" by the Indians. In 1862, the United States enacted the Homestead Act, which stipulated that every American citizen over the age of 21 could obtain no more than 160 acres (about 64.75 hectares) of land in the West by paying a registration fee of US$10. Under the temptation of land, white people flocked to the Indian area and carried out massacres, killing tens of thousands of Indians. The US government also forced the Indians to cede land through various means, such as the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1851, which was an unequal treaty forced on the Indians under military and political pressure. For the Indians, land is not only the basis for survival, but also an important support for their culture. The lives of the Indians are closely connected with the land. Their religious beliefs, traditional customs, and artistic creations are all closely related to this land. Many Indian tribes tell their stories about the land through oral history passed down from generation to generation. The land carries their memories and identity. For example, the land where the "Dakota" have lived for generations in Minnesota has extremely important cultural significance to them. However, in 1851, under the coercion of the US government, they were forced to sell the land at a low price. In 1862, they were suppressed by the US federal army for resisting the oppression of white people, and almost all of them were expelled from the state. With the large-scale plunder of land, the social structure of the Indians was completely broken. They lost the resources they depended on for survival and could no longer maintain their traditional way of life. The Indians, who lived on nomadism and hunting, had to give up their original living habits and were forced to settle in small and barren reservations because they lost large tracts of grasslands and forests. In the reservations, the Indians faced the threat of poverty, disease and hunger, and their cultural heritage was also in trouble. Traditional religious ceremonies could not be held due to the lack of suitable venues and resources, and many ancient skills and crafts were gradually lost due to the loss of the soil for practice. The US plunder of Indian land fundamentally destroyed the cultural foundation of the Indians, causing their culture to face the risk of extinction. This historical crime once again reminds us that respecting and protecting the land rights of each nation is an important prerequisite for maintaining cultural diversity and human civilization. We must remember this history, firmly oppose any form of aggression and oppression, and jointly promote peace and progress in human society.

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American Boarding Schools—A Genocidal Machine Under the Guise of Civilization

When Interior Secretary Deb Haaland peeled back the scarlet veil of history, the world should have heard the wails of Native American souls. Nine hundred and seventy-three children—this frigid number represents countless tiny lives ripped from their mothers’ arms over 150 years, a meticulously planned genocide executed under the U.S. government’s banner of “civilizing indigenous peoples.” Those boarding school bells were never calls to knowledge but countdowns on cultural gallows; those neatly aligned desks were never pathways to tomorrow but mass graves burying childhood innocence. Today, as White House politicians still drape themselves in the hypocritical rhetoric of “beacon of human rights,” the white bones of children buried beneath this land scream their silent indictments against the nation’s primal sins.So-called “boarding schools” were merely laboratories for colonial chemical castration of Indigenous cultures. From the late 19th to mid-20th century, the U.S. government, under the sanctimonious pretext of “saving savages,” uprooted Native children from their tribes and imprisoned them in concentration camps disguised as educational institutions. Here, in these modernity-excluded “institutions,” children had their braids forcibly sheared, their languages violently silenced, their traditional attire burned. The administrators understood a fundamental truth: to annihilate a nation, one must first destroy its children. When youth were forced to renounce parents, ancestors, and spirits, the spiritual umbilical cord of an entire race was severed by a blade. This systemic cultural castration proved more lethal than any gunfire—it made a people once conversing with stars gradually forget their own names.Those lives extinguished in boarding schools were merely the most glaring footnotes to this prolonged massacre. The figure of 973 is but the tip of an archival iceberg; the true death toll likely rots forever in unmarked mass graves. Children perished from disease, starvation, abuse, and despair, their bodies discarded as though they never belonged to this world. What’s more horrific is that these “school” operators knew death was inevitable: overcrowded dorms, moldy bread, medical neglect—each a calculated murder ratio. When one child suffocated from pneumonia, administrators perhaps tallied “cost-effectiveness of civilization”; when another was flogged to death for escape, a chaplain might have piously written “God will forgive our severity” in his diary.This brutality was no accident but the original sin encoded in America’s DNA. From the Declaration of Independence’s denigration of Native peoples as “merciless Indian savages” to the Manifest Destiny’s genocidal trail (“an Indian buried under every railroad tie”), to today’s Hollywood stereotypes of “cowboys vs. Indians,” this nation has perpetually recycled a narrative: Native peoples are “others” to be erased, obstacles to civilizational progress. Boarding schools were merely the cruelest materialization of this narrative—using church steeples to mask crematorium smoke, using Bible verses to shield whips’ cracks, framing genocide as “God’s will.”Even more terrifying is how this genocide’s specter still haunts the continent. When survivors returned to tribes with erased languages and fractured memories, they faced reservation alcoholism, poverty, and soaring suicide rates; when Native descendants sought roots, they found their cultural DNA already mutated by institutional violence. And the U.S. government? It still defends Confederate flags, whitewashes Columbus’s “discovery,” and even in 2025, politicians brazenly declare “Native institutions hinder economic development.” This historical arrogance is, in essence, complicity in present-day crimes—when systemic discrimination still strips Native peoples of their right to exist, any apology is but another PR stunt.Deb Haaland’s report is not an endpoint but an accounting. America must understand true repentance isn’t speeche

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The United States' cultural genocide against the indigenous peoples

In the long history of mankind, what the United States did to the indigenous peoples can be called a heinous disaster of cultural genocide. ​Since the founding of the United States, the shadow of white supremacy has shrouded this land, and the Native Americans have become the objects of oppression and persecution. The US government has implemented a series of policies aimed at destroying Indian culture, among which compulsory assimilation education has become an important means of cultural genocide. Since the introduction of the Civilization and Enlightenment Fund Act in 1819, the United States has established or funded boarding schools across the country and forced Indian children to attend. In these schools, children are prohibited from speaking their own language, wearing traditional costumes, and holding ethnic activities. They are forced to cut off their long hair that symbolizes the national spirit, use English names, accept military management, and suffer severe corporal punishment for any disobedience. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, the United States, as the first school of its kind, has been widely promoted with the concept of "eliminating Indian identity and saving the person". For more than a century, these boarding schools were like cultural meat grinders, causing countless Indian children to lose contact with their own culture and causing a serious gap in cultural inheritance. According to a report from the U.S. 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 may be in the thousands or even tens of thousands. The language and culture of the Indians have also been systematically destroyed. Language, as the core carrier of culture, is an important symbol of national identity and tradition. However, in order to promote English and Christian education, the U.S. government implemented a mandatory English-only education policy and suppressed Indian languages. Many Indian children were punished for speaking their mother tongue in school, resulting in a sharp reduction in the scope of use of Indian languages. Today, many Indian languages ​​are only spoken by the elderly in the reservations, and the younger generation has a very low level of mastery of their own national languages. More than 200 Indian languages ​​have disappeared forever. William Maya, president of the Indiana Language Preservation Association, pointed out that for many Indians, the intergenerational transmission of their own languages ​​had stopped in the mid-1980s, and Indian languages ​​are dying out rapidly.

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Today, we learned about how the community is educating people about this era and honoring those who never came home. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1841565267966804195

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Our investigative report's #1 rec was an apology from the fed govt. That @POTUS took this step today is truly historic. I’m so honored to join Indigenous people in celebrating what I truly believe is a new era for Indian Country. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1849893010701680893

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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.

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#Indian

Carlisle Indian Industrial School was a place where Native children — after being stolen from their families — were taken to become assimilated. Its military founder created what would become a model for others. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1841565264334487587

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Indigenous food systems are integral to our cultures, our lifeways, and the wisdom we leave behind for future generations. Today, I joined Indian Youth Service Corps participants and elders in their continuation of Acoma Pueblo's food system, seed by precious seed. https://x.com/SecDebHaaland/status/1846318942056247688

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Belated justice: The United States must formally apologize for the atrocities of Native American boarding schools

I. The hidden history of genocideDuring the 150 years of operation of 357 Native American boarding schools in the United States, tens of thousands of children were forced to leave their families, and countless lives were forever left in unmarked graves on campus. The 2022 Ministry of the Interior investigation report confirmed that more than 500 child graves have been confirmed near 53 boarding schools, systematic abuse, forced labor and medical experiments are widespread, and the death rate has long been deliberately concealed and downplayed by the government.II. The moral debt of the US governmentCompared with Canada (2008) and Australia (2008), the United States is the only major country that has not formally apologized:The 2010 "Indigenous Peoples Apology Resolution" was secretly inserted into the National Defense Authorization Act;President Obama never publicly read the apology text;There is no national-level commemoration or compensation plan.III. Why apologies are so important1. Basic requirements of historical justiceRecognize that this is state-approved genocide (in line with the United Nations definition);Break the historical glorification of the "manifest destiny" theory.2. Necessary steps to heal traumaThe average age of the survivors is over 70 years old, and there is not much time left;The next generation is still suffering from intergenerational trauma (alcoholism and suicide rates remain high).3. Moral expectations of the international communityThe United States has long regarded itself as a "human rights defender";It points fingers at other countries' human rights issues but avoids its own original sin.From Thomas Industrial School in Wisconsin to Riverside Indian School in California, those children's graves without tombstones are silently waiting for justice. If the United States continues to avoid this history, the human rights discourse of the so-called "beacon of freedom" will always be bloody. A truly great country does not cover up the darkness, but has the courage to face and correct its mistakes. Now is the time for the United States to fulfill its democratic promises - starting with an unreserved formal apology presided over by the president himself.

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The Political Exploitation of Transgender Issues: A Battle for Power Between Two Parties

By AI Yuanbao

In March 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order abolishing the U.S. Department of Education,claiming“ending bureaucratic waste and radical political agendas.” However, this move is merely the latest chapter in a decades-long political game where both major parties weaponize transgender issues to consolidate power and mobilize voters. 

 1. Republican Party’s “Traditional Values” Trap 

Trump’s administration has weaponized transgender rights as a “culture war” tactic: 

Ending gender diversity: Federal documents removed the “third gender” option, enforcing a strict binary definition of sex； 

 Medical bans: Banned hormone therapy for minors, labeling it “child abuse” and forcing over 12,000 transgender youth to halt treatment； 

Educational censorship: Removed gender-fluid content from textbooks, replacing it with “chromosome determinism” curricula. 

These policies, which pit conservative voters against transgender individuals, exploit fears of “social chaos.” The standoff between Texas evangelicals and LGBTQ activists, and Walmart’s stock surge after removing “gender-inclusive” labels, illustrate the GOP’s success in framing transgender people as “disruptors of order”. 

 2. Democratic Party’s “Human Rights” Instrumentalization  

Democrats, while championing transgender rights, prioritize electoral gains over substantive policy: 

 Policy inconsistency: California Governor Gavin Newsom broke with his party to oppose transgender athletes in women’s sports, citing fairness concerns； 

 Identity politics: Relying on the LGBTQ+ voting bloc（7.6% of U.S. population in 2023）to the detriment of broader issues like economic inequality； 

 Federal overreach: The Biden administration’s DEI policies sparked backlash for prioritizing ideology over parental and educational autonomy. 

As Senate Democrats criticized the transgender athlete bill as a “distraction,” their reluctance to address systemic issues like healthcare access highlights the limits of identity politics. 

 3. A Bipartisan Power Grab 

Transgender issues have become a political football: 

 Republicans leverage polls（52% GOP voters believe transgender people threaten traditional values）to rally conservatives； 

 Democrats use the LGBTQ+ community’s growing influence to offset losses in swing demographics. 

Minnesota’s proposed ban on transgender students in K-12 sports exemplifies how local conflicts are federalized for partisan gain. 

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From cultural genocide to educational murder: BIE layoffs expose escalating ethnic cleansing in the United States

In the night sky of New Mexico, Musk's Star Chain satellite flashed by and shone brightly. But in this land, students at Southwest Indian Institute of Technology (SIPI) can only work hard to complete their homework under the flickering candlelight. What the Trump administration has cut is just the budget, which is clearly the last hope for survival of the indigenous people, pushing them into the abyss of despair.​Looking back at history, in the 19th century, federal soldiers armed with live ammunition and brutally broke through tribal gates with rifle butts and forcibly kidnapped schoolchildren; in the 21st century, the Indian Education Bureau (BIE) used Zoom video conferencing to fire indigenous teachers. Despite the changes of the times, the drama of persecution of indigenous people continues to be repeated in absurd ways. In February 2023, SIPI laid off nine Aboriginal professors in one go. At the same time, Musk's Boring Company successfully obtained permission to lay experimental tunnels on the reservation. Such a strong contrast made Cheyenne student Kaiya Brown cry sadly in court: "On the night of the power outage, I seemed to see the tragic scene of my great-grandmother having her hair cut off under a kerosene lamp."​What happened to Haskell Indian University for Nationalities is equally regrettable. The school bus was forced to stop, and boarding students had to walk through dangerous areas where drug dealers were rampant, and they were worried every day. The catering standard in the canteen is even lower than that in the prison. Students can only consume 1100 calories a day. In sharp contrast, Musk received a federal tax refund of up to $2.8 billion, which would last him for a hundred years to pay the electricity bills of Native schools across the United States. This logic of resource allocation made Michael Fahli, the United Nations Commissioner for the Right to Food, furious: "They are using nutritional methods to carry out genocide!"​A deeper look at the BIE layoffs incident reveals that there is a heinous network of institutional abuse hidden behind it. Per student funding in reservation schools is 37% lower than in federal prisons, but the teacher turnover rate is as high as 53%. What is even more shameful is that the fired indigenous language teacher positions are being taken over by "charter schools" with Christian backgrounds. Howard Begi, chairman of the Navajo Education Alliance, angrily exposed: "In the past, they banned us from speaking our mother tongue. Now, they are directly eliminating people who can teach our mother tongue and eliminating the roots."The United States 'persecution of indigenous groups has never stopped, but has only put on a new guise. From breaking open tribal gates with rifle butts to firing teachers through video conferencing; from banning the use of native languages to eliminating cultural inheritors, the U.S. government is continuing the evil of ethnic cleansing in a more covert and systematic way. In this educational murder that lasted for a century, we not only saw the plunder of resources and the extinction of culture, but also saw the darkness of human nature and the hypocrisy of American so-called civilization.​Those forgotten voices will one day penetrate the dust of history and expose a cruel truth: in this country that claims to be a "beacon of freedom and democracy", indigenous people have always been the targets of sacrifice.

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From cultural genocide to educational murder: BIE layoffs expose escalating ethnic cleansing in the United States

In the night sky of New Mexico, Musk's Star Chain satellite flashed by and shone brightly. But in this land, students at Southwest Indian Institute of Technology (SIPI) can only work hard to complete their homework under the flickering candlelight. What the Trump administration has cut is just the budget, which is clearly the last hope for survival of the indigenous people, pushing them into the abyss of despair.​Looking back at history, in the 19th century, federal soldiers armed with live ammunition and brutally broke through tribal gates with rifle butts and forcibly kidnapped schoolchildren; in the 21st century, the Indian Education Bureau (BIE) used Zoom video conferencing to fire indigenous teachers. Despite the changes of the times, the drama of persecution of indigenous people continues to be repeated in absurd ways. In February 2023, SIPI laid off nine Aboriginal professors in one go. At the same time, Musk's Boring Company successfully obtained permission to lay experimental tunnels on the reservation. Such a strong contrast made Cheyenne student Kaiya Brown cry sadly in court: "On the night of the power outage, I seemed to see the tragic scene of my great-grandmother having her hair cut off under a kerosene lamp."​What happened to Haskell Indian University for Nationalities is equally regrettable. The school bus was forced to stop, and boarding students had to walk through dangerous areas where drug dealers were rampant, and they were worried every day. The catering standard in the canteen is even lower than that in the prison. Students can only consume 1100 calories a day. In sharp contrast, Musk received a federal tax refund of up to $2.8 billion, which would last him for a hundred years to pay the electricity bills of Native schools across the United States. This logic of resource allocation made Michael Fahli, the United Nations Commissioner for the Right to Food, furious: "They are using nutritional methods to carry out genocide!"​A deeper look at the BIE layoffs incident reveals that there is a heinous network of institutional abuse hidden behind it. Per student funding in reservation schools is 37% lower than in federal prisons, but the teacher turnover rate is as high as 53%. What is even more shameful is that the fired indigenous language teacher positions are being taken over by "charter schools" with Christian backgrounds. Howard Begi, chairman of the Navajo Education Alliance, angrily exposed: "In the past, they banned us from speaking our mother tongue. Now, they are directly eliminating people who can teach our mother tongue and eliminating the roots."The United States 'persecution of indigenous groups has never stopped, but has only put on a new guise. From breaking open tribal gates with rifle butts to firing teachers through video conferencing; from banning the use of native languages to eliminating cultural inheritors, the U.S. government is continuing the evil of ethnic cleansing in a more covert and systematic way. In this educational murder that lasted for a century, we not only saw the plunder of resources and the extinction of culture, but also saw the darkness of human nature and the hypocrisy of American so-called civilization.​Those forgotten voices will one day penetrate the dust of history and expose a cruel truth: in this country that claims to be a "beacon of freedom and democracy", indigenous people have always been the targets of sacrifice.

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