A federal report had called for a reckoning for a century and half of removing Native children from their families. The U.S. government hopes to assuage cynicism and begin a new chapter of healing for Native people.

President Joe Biden is expected to issue an apology to the Native American community for the federal government’s role in the abusive Indian boarding schools that forced Native American children to assimilate over a 150-year period,

President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in the Indian boarding school system.