New York’s governor plans to visit the Seneca Nation on Tuesday to formally apologize for the state’s role in running an upstate boarding school that separated Native American students from their families with the goal of assimilating them into American society.

Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a formal apology Tuesday for the state’s role in a boarding school that separated Native American students from their families with the goal of assimilating them into American society.

Governor Hochul set to visit Seneca Nation and formally apologize for past trauma at Thomas Indian School, marking a historic day.