Episcopal leaders welcome President Biden’s apology to Indigenous peoples, acknowledge church’s involvement in boarding schools

Episcopal leaders welcome President Biden’s apology to Indigenous peoples, acknowledge church’s involvement in boarding schools: "[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal leaders welcomed President Joe Biden’s Oct. 25 formal apology to Indigenous peoples over the federal government’s 150-year involvement in boarding schools that separated Native American children from their families to strip them of their language and culture and assimilate them into white-dominant society. “After 150 years, the United States government eventually stopped the program, but the federal government has never formally apologized for what happened, until today,” Biden said. “I formally apologize as president of the United States of America for what we did. I formally apologize.” Biden made his apology to all Native Americans while speaking at the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, a reservation on the south side of Phoenix. The Indigenous boarding school system destroyed the lives of generations of Indigenous children and their descendants."
I'll mention this to Fr. Tavis tomorow, or maybe not.