Boarding School Acknowledgement and Reparation

For over 100 years, the United States contracted with various religious organizations and other agencies to assist in management of the Federal Compulsory School Attendance law applicable only to Native Americans. Native children were forcibly removed from their homes and sent to “boarding schools” where they could not speak their language, lost connection to culture and purpose, and learned how “not to be an Indian,” and were physically and mentally abused. The results of the boarding school era were loss of life and a destruction of entire lines of familial relationships, language and Tribal connection.

In 2019, the First Nations of Canada pursued acknowledgment and reparations from the Canadian government and the agencies and churches that had operated the boarding schools in Canada. In 2023, a settlement was reached that provided funding and created the ability to ensure that the First Nations culture would continue, and the damages caused were repaired.

Singleton Schreiber was determined to be at the front of similar actions in the United States and created the first legal team to pursue action in the United States similar to the actions in Canada. The Firm’s extensive experience and creative use of tort law provides a natural transition to recovering for the damages caused to Native Americans because of the forced assimilation of U.S. Boarding schools. The firm is also committed to seeking reparations for individuals who suffered abuse and neglect, or worse, and recognizes that the damage from this conduct is generational.

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Gerald Singleton Managing Partner	Kevin Hannon Partner, Environmental Practice Leader	Robert O. Saunooke Senior Counsel, Member of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	Brian Colón Managing Partner, New Mexico

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Singleton Schreiber's extensive experience and creative use of tort law provides a natural transition to recovering for the damages caused to Native Americans because of the forced assimilation of U.S. Boarding schools.  Our team is also committed to seeking reparations for individuals who suffered abuse and neglect, or worse, and recognizes that the damage from this conduct is generational.

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