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Donovan Archambault, from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, speaks about abuses he suffered at government-sponsored Native American boarding schools, during a U.S. Department of Interior event at Montana State University, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in Bozeman, Mont. The Interior Department says more than 400 of the abusive, government-backed schools operated across the U.S.

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