A coach for the Pine Ridge Thorpes, named for legendary U.S. and Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, stands on the sideline during their high school football game at Todd County High School on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission, South Dakota, U.S. September 7, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Pine Ridge Thorpes head coach Teddy Pedregon wears a shirt with the image of legendary U.S. and Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, on the sideline during their high school football game at Todd County High School on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission, South Dakota, U.S. September 7, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero drives a police unit in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero drives along the Tribal Road 12 in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero walks into her office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Rain clouds gather in the sky above the Tribal Road 12, in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

The Isleta Resort and Casino is seen through a police unit window from a distance in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Rain begins to fall on the Manzano Mountains along the Tribal Road 12, in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero drives along the Tribal Road 12 in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

The Rio Grande River flow, as seen from the Highway 147, in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

St. Augustine church is seen from the outskirts of a plaza, in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero drives a police unit in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero poses for a picture inside her office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero poses for a picture outside the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero drives along the Tribal Road 12 in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero poses for a picture inside her office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

A general view of Isleta Resort and Casino, in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

The Rio Grande River flow, as seen from the Highway 147 in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero poses for a picture inside her office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero poses for a picture inside her office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

A sign greets visitors at an entrance to Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Police Chief Victor Rodriguez poses for a picture inside his office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero poses for a picture outside the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Police Chief Victor Rodriguez poses for a picture inside his office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero poses for a picture outside the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

A general view of Isleta Resort and Casino as seen from a road in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero poses for a picture outside the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

The Tribal Services Complex, where the Isleta Police Department is located, is seen from a road in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

An unused evidence bag is pictured inside Sgt. Kathleen Lucero's office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Sgt. Kathleen Lucero wears her badge for a picture outside the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Police Chief Victor Rodriguez poses for a picture inside his office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Police Chief Victor Rodriguez poses for a picture inside his office at the Isleta Police Department in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, place signs outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A Siberian Husky attends on the second day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, Britain, March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Molly Darlington TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A husky is tethered before a training run in advance of this weekend's annual Aviemore Sled Dog Rally,Feshiebridge, Scotland, Britain January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne 

A husky is tethered before a training run in advance of this weekend's annual Aviemore Sled Dog Rally, Feshiebridge, Scotland, Britain January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A husky looks from behind a fence during a snow storm hitting the Buffalo area in Buffalo, New York, U.S. November 19, 2022 REUTERS/Carlos Osorio 

A Vietnam Veteran of the Cherokee Nation takes his seat as rain falls during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

A Vietnam Veteran of the Cherokee Nation takes his seat as rain falls during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Native American Veteran Parker Emhoolah moves along the National Mall during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Veterans and supporters march near the U.S. Capitol during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Veterans and supporters march near the U.S. Capitol during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Veterans and supporters march near the U.S. Capitol during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

A Vietnam Veteran of the Cherokee Nation takes his seat during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Veterans representing the Seneca Nation American Legion march near the U.S. Capitol during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Elmer Logan, of the Seneca Nation, dismantles an American flag during a rainstorm at the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

World War Two veterans from the Cherokee Nation move past the U.S. Capitol during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

A woman marches with a folded American flag beside Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Veterans, during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Veterans march near the U.S. Capitol during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

World War Two veterans from the Cherokee Nation move past the U.S. Capitol during the National Native American Veterans Memorial dedication march along the National Mall on Veterans Day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Sparrow Hawk, a Native American Cherokee man, who was overseeing American artist Charles Gaines' second chapter of The American Manifest titled Moving Chains, a 110-foot long kinetic sculpture built from steel and sustainably harvested African Mahogany, is seen on Governors Island in the New York Harbor of New York City, U.S., October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton REFILE - CORRECTING NAME OF SCULPTURE 

The Statue of Liberty sits behind a Native American Cherokee man named Sparrow Hawk on Governors Island, a 172-acre island in New York Harbor, in New York City, U.S., October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

Native American Cliff Matias of the Taino tribe, holds his hands together during an indigenous sunrise water ceremony on the shore of the East River on Randall's Island as Indigenous Peoples' Day is observed in the U.S., in New York City, New York, U.S., October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

The United States in May acknowledged the damage inflicted on generations of children at federal Indian boarding schools, a system built to assimilate indigenous kids into white society by cutting them off from their parents and tribes. Geraldine Charbonneau Dubourt (not pictured), a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, welcomed that admission, part of a report released by the Department of the Interior. But what she really wants is justice.The septuagenarian has waged a so-far fruitless effort to seek restitution for the rapes and other abuses she says she, her eight sisters and scores of other Native American children endured for years at the former St. Paul's Indian Mission School in Marty, South Dakota, U.S. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare SEARCH "O'HARE YANKTON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TEMPLATE OUT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY