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Members of the tribal color guard hold an American flag, a prayer flag and the Rosebud Sioux tribal flag for relatives of the Rosebud Sioux children, who were returned home 142 years after their deaths, at the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Veterans Cemetery in White River, S.D. The American Bar Association’s policymaking body voted Aug. 9, in favor of a resolution supporting the U.S. Interior Department as it works to uncover the troubled legacy of federal boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous youth into white society. (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP, File)

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The American Bar Association's policymaking body has voted in favor of a resolution supporting the U.S. Interior Department as it works to uncover the troubled legacy of federal boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous youth into white society.

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press August 17, 2021