Biden apologizes for government's role in abuse of Native American children

President Joe Biden was in Arizona on Friday to apologize to Native Americans for the federal government forcing their children into boarding schools.

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[davidjones]

Taking the first step in admitting Americas real failures takes real leadership, Thank you Mr. President. The Bots will hate you no matter what.

[CapCorse]

native alaskan here. it took long enough for this to happen. glad we as a country acknowledged it and are moving on.

[WinterDay-ou]

A country that doesn't honor and embrace it's indigenous peoples isn't a country at all. Thank You President Biden. We can't change the past but we can heal, learn, remember (always) and move forward together. Embracing our true hertiage and peoples of this great country.

[richards]

Just drove through the Navajo nation from Farmington New Mexico to Hurricane Utah. The difference I seen along that route is really a wake up call. It’s not just the government either! It’s corporations and tourists. The Native Americans though along the route were the friendliest people I have met!! More needs to be done to help native Americans!

[johnbrown]

Real men can say they're sorry, wimps say get over it.

[teresawellington]

Thank you President Biden for doing this. Thank you for listening and speaking out. It needs to be in our History books!!!

[rjburt]

I’m so thankful to our great president for making this speech in Indian Country to our indigenous family.

[Mystic]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT BIDEN!!!! For your great leadership and thank you for showing compassion to our Indigenous community!! ~Olivia (GenZ)

[erinbrooks]

Thank you Mr. President for giving a heart felt apology from all of us for the horrific damage earlier Americans did to those natives who truly were the first REAL Americans.

[ChoChoThaw-ydey]

This will be a Historic Speech from Mr. President Joe Biden, 😊😊😊

[morneau]

Thank you sir. It’s too late for my father; but it’s always right when someone apologizes for past atrocities. A’Ho .

[Ginny-jsql]

Thank you President Biden for being big enough to apologize for the way the government treated our indigenous brothers and sisters. Much appreciated. 🙏🏼💙

[MariaG-gs]

President Biden is man enough to stand up and talk about it!💙💙🙏🏻

[derob]

Thank you President Biden for your apology and acknowledgement of the hardships indigenous children families suffered..

[emmdeecastro]

Much respect for your leadership President Joe Biden. An upstanding man and leader of the great USA

[kenburnmy]

Native Americans should be allowed to do anything and go anywhere and never spend money on anything. They have the right to do so.

[Aroundthecorner]

This brings tears to my eyes. Thank you President Biden. We must learn to love all mankind.

[CadeFrost]

Amen. President Biden’s apology echoes the deep remorse and shared responsibility felt by many of us. It is a long-overdue acknowledgment of the pain endured by Native American children, and a step toward healing wounds that still run deep. Let this moment be a commitment to honor their stories and ensure such atrocities are never repeated. We have a very long way to go. Thank you, President Biden. Thank you, Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland.

[aliceputt]

This is truly a great moment in American History. Thank you President Biden. Now I hope Joseph Nez wins Congress too. ❤. Yes teach Indigenous American History in schools.

[karenmihranian]

High time Thank you Sir for the apology to the real Americans from an immigrant. President Biden might have not been able to run for President again but he is surely been a great leader a man of integrity and standards.