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Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

Interior view of a stained-glass window of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. / Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2024 / 12:45 pm (CNA).The U.S. Catholic bishops approved on Friday a document at their spring meeting that apologizes to Catholic Indigenous communities for a "history of trauma" caused in part by their "abandonment" by the Church and proposes a way forward that takes into account the ...

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.

Native American groups contend the widely abusive Catholic boarding schools were part of a project to assimilate children — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.