Native American children have attended at least 523 Indigenous boarding schools since the 19th century, including hundreds that were run by the federal government to assimilate children into White society, a non-profit group says.
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As Indigenous peoples and their allies prepare for the fight to defend ICWA in the months to come, it is worth remembering a specific historical case that illustrates what the fight for tribal sovereignty entails in the case before the Supreme Court next session