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July 15, 2021

Indigenous Children's Remains Returned to Families Amid Reckoning over Genocidal U.S. Gov't Schools
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In Pennsylvania, the remains of nine Indigenous youth who died while at
a government school over 100 years ago were turned over to their
families Wednesday. The Carlisle Indian School was founded by an Army
officer in 1879. Over 10,000 Native American children passed through its
doors until 1918, where they were separated from their families and
subjected to cultural genocide and neglect.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland participated in Wednesday's ceremony with
members of the Rosebud and Oglala Sioux Tribes. Haaland, the first
Native cabinet secretary, is leading an investigation into the ongoing
impact of these residential boarding schools and will seek to identify
more burial sites across the country.


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