For those of you interested in Indian affiars

Turns out Canada also has a legacy of sending Indian children away from their home communities.

Check out the "Truth and Reconciliation" series from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about First Nation children and residential schools. At best, it meant they were separated from their family and friends. At worst, it delivered them directly into harm's way.

Here's a in-depth look from at the Canadian situation, including apologies made as recently as June for the program that parted children and their parents up until the last school closed in 1996.

While I'm not sure if any of the children of Connecticut's tribes ended up in at the Carlisle school, both the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans have a very generous education benefit for tribal members of any age who want to attend school.