Complex sentence: Today, a few off-reservation boarding are still in operation, but funding is in decline as some American Indians want to keep the tradition of these school alive, despite a legacy remembered by many as a time of abuse and neglect of native culture.
Split into simpler sentences: Today, a few off-reservation boarding schools are still in operation, but funding is in decline. However, some American Indians want to keep the tradition of these school alive, despite a legacy remembered by many as a time of abuse and neglect of native culture.