President Biden apologized to Native Americans

There are some events that carry such gravity, that an apology may appear too little to have any impact or importance.

President Biden did something few US President’s ever do…he apologized. What did Biden apologize for?

In Arizona, President Biden apologized for the gruesome and horrifying US federal government boarding schools, Native Americans were forced into.

An apology does not diminish or delete, it holds the capacity to acknowledge. This apology took too long and there’s still a long way to go. Healing doesn’t happen without acknowledgement.

Only Native communities can decide how to receive an apology from the President.

Native American seated at the Grand Canyon, Library of Congress.

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