Watch live: Biden delivers remarks on tribal communities in Arizona

President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize Friday for the abuses committed against Native boarding school students over the past century, a historic step long sought by former students and their families, during a visit to the Gila River Indian Community. Under Biden and his Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland, the federal government completed a three-year study that investigated the failed federal policy of sending Native children as young as age 4 to faraway boarding schools, a policy that led to generations of trauma. Tribal communities have grappled with the effects of thousands of kids coming home without language, cultural ties or parenting skills since they had no parental role models. Children exposed to chronic stresses became dysfunctional adults whose attempts at parenting created a new generation with similar issues. The findings were presented in reports released in May 2022 and July 2024.