Its actually been pretty common for American Indian children to be sent to orphanages, and shuffled around alot throughout the years. The foster care system in America is not a fun thing to be part of for American children, and Indigenous people often have it even worse. There are even books about it, like The Thomas School and Irredeemable Children. It tells how Indian orphans, and many times children taken away from their families and tribes, were sent to boarding schools that stripped them of their culture to try to "civilize" them and make them act more "white". This school tortured these kids, and we're not talking about the time of colonists where the settlers were at war with the tribes. The school wasnt closed until 1957. This type of treatment wasnt unique to this school or even this time frame. Its very unfortunate how peoples of these tribes are treated. Its very unfortunate how most people dont even know that this treatment of them has been and is going on.