At least 76 Native American children died at Colorado boarding schools, new investigation finds
Seventeen of the 76 deaths in the state stemmed from tuberculosis, making it the most common cause of death. Seven suffered ...
More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures
The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools ...
Gets Real: Survivor of Indian Boarding School speaks out
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition estimates that since 1801, more than 500 Indian boarding ...
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Indian boarding school history won’t go away
On Dec. 22, the Washington Post published the results of a yearlong investigation into the number of children who died at ...
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Catholic bishops in WA share boarding school study with tribes
The Sisters of Providence ran a boarding school for Indigenous children in what was then North Yakima from 1889-96.
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Deb Haaland, America’s first Native Cabinet secretary, considers her legacy
The outgoing Secretary of the Interior reviews the past four years, including controversial Willow Project in Alaska.
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Senate bill creates board to investigate Native American assimilation
The U.S. Senate on Dec. 20 passed the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024, a bill cosponsored by Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto calling for a commission to ...
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Native Americans student are more chronically absent. Here's how an AZ school district helped
A new investigation by The Associated Press and Chalkbeat found that Native American students are more likely to be ...