Governor Evers Issues Apology for Native American Residential Schools

Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 -- 9:01 AM

(Raymond Neupert, WRN) Governor Tony Evers is issuing an official apology for the state of Wisconsin's policy of forcing Native Americans into residential schools.

Governor Evers signed that executive order on Monday as part of a commemoration of Indigenous People's Day. That practice ran for more than 100 years, and thousands of Native American children were forced from their homes into schools where they were forcibly taught English and removed from native languages and cultures.

Evers says the state will be joining a federal investigation into the schools.

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