Boarding school restoration stirs up dust…and difficult memories for tribe

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A traveling group of Native Americans wants President Obama to apologize for the government-run boarding school system that began in the 1800s. On their way to Washington, the group visited the Lac du Flambeau reservation yesterday.The event coincides with the start of a major restoration effort of a boarding school dormitory there.As Brian Bull reports, many hard feelings surround the place…

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