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