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Seattle Indian Health Board leader hopes resources will follow Biden's apology

Some local tribal leaders are calling President Joe Biden’s official apology for the federal government's role in the Indian boarding school system a good first step.

Seattle Indian Health Board President Esther Lucero was in Arizona on Friday when Biden apologized for separating Indigenous children from their families.

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Freddy Monares has covered politics, housing inequalities and Native American communities for a newspaper and a public radio station in Montana. He grew up in East Los Angeles, California, and moved to Missoula, Montana, in 2015 with the goal of growing in his career. Get in touch at fmonares@knkx.org.