President Biden is set to make a big-deal announcement at todays Tribal Nations Summit (his last one as president): turning an old school in Carlisle PA into something really important
The new national monument will be at the spot where many Native-American kids were sent to a boarding school - its not just any place but a super-important historical site that shows how the government tried to change tribal childrenʼs ways of living
The White House picked this place in south-eastern Pennsylvania because it was like the main example of these schools: a big building that changed lots of young peoples lives forever. The decision to make it a monument means the government is saying “we see what happened here and we want to remember it“
This whole thing is part of Bidens work with tribal groups - hes been doing these summits since he got elected but this ones special because its his last before the next election comes around. The monument idea came from talks with Native-American leaders who wanted this place to be remembered the right way