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Exploring Theme: "Native American Actions"
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(Filtered by Indigenous Group "First Nations")
October 2, 2024
Army returns remains of 9 Indigenous children who died at boarding school over a century ago
The remains of nine more Native American children who died at a notorious government-run boarding school in Pennsylvania over a century ago were disinterred from a small Army cemetery and returned to families, authorities said Wednesday. Toronto Star: CARLISLE, Pa. — The remains of nine more Native American children who died at a notorious government-run...
August 23, 2023
Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker run Indian boarding schools
The Canadian Press: A coalition advocating for Native American people impacted by an oppressive system of boarding schools for Native youths plans to digitize 20,000 archival pages related to schools in that system that were operated by the Quakers in the United States. The Quakers and other faith groups including Episcopalians, Methodists and Catholics have...