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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...
May 11, 2022 · More than 500 Native American children died while attending Indian boarding schools run or supported by the U.S. government, the Interior Department found in a new report.
- Graham Lee Brewer
Jul 30, 2024 · At least 973 Native American children died in the US government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by officials who called on the...
Jul 31, 2024 · Based on available records, the Department concludes at least 973 documented child deaths occurred across the federal Indian boarding school system between 1819 and 1969.
Jul 30, 2024 · Tuesday’s report, the second and final from the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, found that 973 children died at Indian boarding schools and were buried at 74 sites, 21 of which are...
- Aishvarya Kavi
Aug 30, 2023 · A precise accounting of how many children died at Native American boarding schools remains elusive. At some schools, dozens of children died; 189 students are known to be buried at Carlisle alone.
Jul 31, 2024 · More than 900 Native American children died while being forced to attend Indian boarding schools, according to a new federal report that urges the U.S. government to formally apologize...