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US President Joe Biden speaks at the Gila River Crossing School in the Gila River Indian Community, in Laveen Village, near Phoenix, Arizona on October 25, 2024. Biden apologized for one of the country’s “darkest chapters:” the abduction of Native American children from their families and placement in abusive boarding schools aimed at erasing their culture. The first public apology issued by a sitting US president. From the early 1800s until the 1970s, the US ran hundreds of Indian boarding schools across the country to forcibly assimilate Native children into European settler culture, including conversion to Christianity.

Native Americans October 25, 2024 11:48 am

Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy that caused abuse and deaths of children

President Joe Biden delivered an apology Friday for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally backed boarding schools for forced assimilation.

FILE – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge wears a Native American headdress of the Sioux tribe as he is adopted as Chief Leading Eagle and first white chief of the tribe at the celebration of the 51st anniversary of the settlement of Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1927. Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.

Native Americans June 1, 2024 4:10 pm

100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states

An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long journey to secure voting rights.

Balboa Park May 12, 2024 12:21 am

Balboa Park Pow Wow honors Native American culture, traditions this weekend

The event at Balboa Park brings tribe members from not only San Diego County but from all over the country together.

Balboa Park May 11, 2024 5:45 pm

Balboa Park Pow Wow honors Native American culture, traditions

The event at Balboa Park brings tribe members from not only San Diego County but from all over the country together. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright reports on May 11, 2024.

Outside the San Diego County Sheriff's Department headquarters.

San Diego County May 7, 2024 7:14 pm

Feather Alert lifted, Indigenous woman missing from Campo Indian Reservation found

Rural Division Detectives with the sheriff’s department confirmed the woman was found safe and California Highway Patrol lifted the Feather Alert

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, Nov. 30, 2022.

Native Americans December 6, 2023 7:31 am

Biden will sign an executive order on federal funding for Native Americans

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds. White House domestic policy advi

Assemblyman James Ramos watches as votes are posted on a measure at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 30, 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, authored by Assemblyman Ramos to require the state’s public university systems to make progress on their review and return of Native American remains and artifacts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California October 11, 2023 1:53 pm

New California laws aim to compel universities to report return of Native American remains

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two laws to require the California State University system and urge the University of California system to update the state on their progress to return Native American remains to tribes.

Native Americans October 14, 2024 7:45 am

What is Indigenous Peoples Day? A day of celebration, protest and reclaiming history

Here is a look at why it’s called Indigenous Peoples Day, the history behind it and how people celebrate.

San Diego October 5, 2023 6:25 pm

San Diego City College launches Native American and Indigenous Studies program

San Diego City College is developing a Native American and Indigenous Studies program. The school plans to offer courses in the fall semester of 2025.

SDCC students to receive laptops and WiFi devices while transitioning to online-only classes.

Education October 5, 2023 6:27 pm

San Diego City College launches Native American and Indigenous Studies program

San Diego City College, which is developing a Native American and Indigenous Studies department, plans to launch the program in the fall semester of 2025, according to school officials.