It is a haunting chapter in American and California history: a school system that's created to isolate Indigenous children and take away everything they know - including their birth names. ElizabethKPIX reports.
Tucked between a busy street -- and a suburban hillside in Riverside County -- lies a painful reminder of the past.
In an old school cemetery in Riverside County, at least 65 Indigenous children are buried. Their remains are far away from their homes. "Our children deserve to be found," said Deborah Parker of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition."Our children deserve to be brought home.""Each of those children is a missing family member," said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the first Indigenous person to serve as a cabinet secretary.According to the report, between 1819 and 1969 the U.
Philip Williams is a tribal leader for the Yurok tribe, the largest tribe in California, located on a reservation in Del Norte and Humboldt counties. "She told me it's not going to do you any good in your life," Williams said."You're better off forgetting this and being a White man." Williams' grandmother made it back home. But, many Indigenous children did not. Federal investigators have so far turned up more than 500 deaths at 19 schools. They expect the number of burial sites to increase.
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