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In reading George Pyle’s column regarding his “rewirement,” it’s good to see Mr. Pyle will still have a continuing, albeit limited, role with the newspaper. As to readers seeing the commentary The Salt Lake Tribune runs and thinking, “Hey, I could do that”, George was/is spot on. I was one of those readers. Thank you, Mr. Pyle, and The Salt Lake Tribune. ....
The Messed Up History Of Native American Boarding Schools By Marina Manoukian/Feb. 5, 2021 3:15 pm EDT/Updated: March 8, 2021 9:43 am EDT Although boarding schools for Native American children in the United States still exist, they re a far cry from their original iteration. The first native boarding school was opened in 1879, and for almost 100 years, they became another arena of forced assimilation and genocide. Parents were coerced and intimidated into allowing their children to attend boarding schools, and if parents continued to refuse, children were often kidnapped. Children were hostages taken to pacify the leadership of tribes that would dare stand against U.S. expansion and Manifest Destiny. ....