Pope Francis officially apologized and acknowledged the suffering and mistreatment, inflicted on indigenous people in residential schools, in an effort to assimilate them. (July 30th, 2022, DW Made for Minds). Pope Francis speaks of cultural genocide. In American Indian Stories, Zitkala-Sa speaks of her journey to the land of Red apples where she suffered of isolation and humiliation. She was stripped down of her identity and forced to reject her culture causing her to feel alienated and disconnected to what was familiar.
https://www.dw.com/en/pope-francis-says-abuse-at-canadas-indigenous-residential-schools-was-cultural-genocide/a-62657052