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      • The report identified more than 500 child deaths after examining records for 19 of the facilities, a small share of the total number of schools identified.
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  2. Aug 12, 2024 · The report, which concluded a three-year investigation, uncovered that at least 973 children died while under the care of these institutions, with many more expected to have suffered similar fates. These schools were established to forcibly assimilate Native American children — often through violent tactics.

  3. Jul 30, 2024 · The federal government today expanded the number of children known to have died in the repressive boarding school system that, for more than a century, pulled Native American children from their homes and communities.

  4. Jul 30, 2024 · At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department...

  5. May 12, 2022 · An Interior Department report identified more than 400 Native American boarding schools that assimilated and often abused Indigenous children. The probe has uncovered more than 500 deaths...

  6. Oct 24, 2024 · More than 900 children died at the government-funded schools, the last of which closed or transitioned into different institutions decades ago. Their dark legacy continues to be felt in...

  7. Jul 31, 2024 · At least 74 marked and unmarked burial sites at 65 different schools across the federal system are identified in the report, which nearly doubles the number of Indigenous children who died while attending boarding schools.