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Ben Ray Luján: The United States poured enormous resources into Federal Indian boarding schools. By comparison, the Federal Government…

On the recordJune 21, 2022
The United States poured enormous resources into Federal Indian boarding schools. By comparison, the Federal Government has invested less than $400 million in recouping the very Native American languages they tried so hard to eradicate through these policies.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Lujan highlights the disparity in funding for boarding schools versus language preservation.

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