Commentary: N.Y. tried to destroy our language. Now it can help repair the damage. (original) (raw)

On May 20, 2025, I stood beside Gov. Kathy Hochul when she visited the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Territory to issue an apology several decades in the making. The governor issued an official apology on behalf of the state of New York to the Seneca Nation for the state’s role in the operation of the Thomas Indian School...read full story

"a site of sanctioned ethnic cleansing."