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December 23, 2024

Washington Post: 3,100 Indigenous Students Died at U.S. Boarding Schools
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A new investigation by The Washington Post has determined that more than
3,100 Indigenous students died at boarding schools in the United States
between 1828 and 1970. That figure is three times the number of deaths
reported earlier this year by the U.S. Interior Department. The Post's
yearlong investigation also found more than 800 students were buried in
cemeteries at or near the schools, which were designed to crush Native
American culture. Many of the children had been forcibly removed from
their families and tribes.


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