Native Americans
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Biden says U.S. Indigenous boarding school system was ‘a sin on our soul’Biden formally apologized to Native Americans for an old government-run boarding school system that forcibly separated children from their parents, leading to abuse and deaths.U.S. NewsOct 25, 2024
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Biden to formally apologize for past U.S. Indigenous boarding school policyAn investigation found at least 18,000 children were forced to attend schools that sought to assimilate them into white society from 1819 to 1978, resulting in nearly 1,000 deaths.U.S. NewsOct 24, 2024
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U.S. to investigate Indigenous boarding school burial sites after Canada’s discoveryOfficials said the investigation is inspired by the discovery of 215 unmarked children graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C.WorldJun 22, 2021
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Senate unanimously votes to create national holiday for truth and reconciliationBill C-5 is expected to receive royal assent later today, in time for Sept. 30 to become the first national day for truth and reconciliation.CanadaJun 3, 2021
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‘Little Ice Age’ caused by death of 55-million Indigenous people after colonization: studyColonization of the Americas at the end of the 15th century killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate, according to a new study.CanadaFeb 6, 2019
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Nebraska advances bill requiring tracking of missing Indigenous women, Montana not far behindA bill that would require better tracking of cases involving missing Native American women has advanced in Nebraska while the state of Montana considers similar legislation.WorldFeb 1, 2019
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Why Columbus, Ohio stopped celebrating Columbus DayColumbus, Ohio opted not to celebrate Christopher Columbus with the rest of the United States on Monday, choosing instead to move its holiday to November.WorldOct 8, 2018
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Donald Trump in Utah to announce scaling back of 2 national monumentsTrump travelled west to announce his intention to shrink the Bears Ears and the Grand-Staircase Escalante national monuments.PoliticsDec 4, 2017
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Should the Cleveland Indians change their name? A history of protest over Chief WahooA decades-old debate over the identity of Cleveland’s baseball team has been re-ignited, as the Toronto Blue Jays gear up to face the Cleveland Indians in the American League Championship Series.CanadaOct 12, 2016
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Unless Republicans are Native American, they’re immigrants: NY Gov. Andrew CuomoNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the Republican Party a short but pointed history lesson Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention, firing back at Donald Trump's harsh stance on immigration.PoliticsJul 28, 2016
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