The President of the United States of America apologizing, that speaks volumes and I'm certain that they're going to take it as much as we took it up here in Canada that it was a solemn moment’

President Joe Biden is the first president to formally apologizes for the U.S. government’s role in running hundreds of Indian boarding schools for a 150-year period that stripped Native American children of their language and culture in a systematic effort to force them to assimilate into White society,

It will mark the first time a president has apologized for the schools, which ripped apart generations of Native American families.

President Joe Biden apologized on Thursday for the U.S. government's role in running abusive Native American boarding schools for more than 150 years, marking an acknowledgement of devastation the community endured for generations.

Tribal leaders and boarding school survivors from Washington, several of whom were present as Biden delivered his remarks, said the formal apology is long overdue.