Governor Kathy Hochul today visited the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians to issue a formal apology for New York State’s role in the operation of the Thomas Indian School. Today’s visit fulfills a pledge she made to President J. Conrad Seneca during a visit Nation leaders made to Albany earlier this year. Governor Hochul met with President Seneca and other leaders of the Seneca Nation before sitting down with survivors and those families still impacted by the atrocities that occurred at the Thomas Indian School. The event took place on the site of the current Seneca Nation Administration Campus which used to house the Thomas Indian School.
