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For many decades, Native American children in the United States were sent to government-run boarding schools, in an effort to assimilate them into the broader European-based society that had taken their lands.
Some now call it a deliberate effort at cultural genocide.
In South Dakota, one Indigenous community has reclaimed the remains of their children, who died in those institutions, long ago.
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports.
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Some now call it a deliberate effort at cultural genocide.
In South Dakota, one Indigenous community has reclaimed the remains of their children, who died in those institutions, long ago.
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports.
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- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/
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