Chronicle: Native American Heritage [Video]

THE STORIES AND PEOPLE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S CHRONICLE. AND GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. LAST MONTH, NOVEMBER, WAS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE’RE IN DECEMBER NOW, THIS MORNING WE’RE SITTING DOWN WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEBRASKA INDIAN CHILD WELFARE COALITION TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY DO TO HELP NATIVE FAMILIES. PLUS HOW TRIBES ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE CULTURE ALIVE. FIRST, THIS FALL, THE COUNTRY’S NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY GOT AN APOLOGY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN APOLOGIZED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN ABUSIVE INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS. IT WAS A 150 YEAR CAMPAIGN TO ASSIMILATE INDIGENOUS CHILDREN BY TAKING THEM AWAY TO INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AT LEAST 18,000 NATIVE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES, FORCED TO GO TO MORE THAN 400 SCHOOLS. THIS HAPPENED IN 37 STATES BETWEEN 1819 AND 1969. PAIN …