Over a century after nine Lakota children were taken from their families in the Dakota Territories and sent to the Carlisle boarding school in Pennsylvania, their remains have been repatriated—unveiling a painful chapter of U.S. history. 💔 The school, founded in 1879 by Richard Pratt, aimed to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children under the brutal motto: 'Kill the Indian, save the man.'
The recent return of the children’s remains to Pine Ridge and Rose Bud symbolizes a step toward healing generational trauma. 🌱 Many Indigenous communities are now pushing for broader recognition of this systemic erasure of culture, language, and identity. 'This isn’t just history—it’s a wound that still bleeds,' said one tribal advocate.
As debates over racial justice and reparations sweep the U.S., stories like these remind us that progress demands confronting uncomfortable truths. ✊ Will this moment spark a reckoning with America’s past? Only time—and action—will tell.
