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October 3, 2024 | 9:48 AM

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.

By The Associated Press
July 31, 2024 | 10:11 AM

Interior Dept. concludes 3-year probe of Indian boarding schools

By Sequoia Carrillo/NPR
February 1, 2024 | 1:34 PM

Two Native American boys died at a boarding school in the 1890s. Now, the tribe wants them home

By Jim Salter/The Associated Press

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September 20, 2023 | 3:04 PM

Remains disinterred from Carlisle Barracks don’t match Native American teenager: Army

By Daniel Urie/PennLive.com
September 7, 2023 | 1:38 PM

Five Native American students who died at the Carlisle Indian School to return home

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF
May 25, 2023 | 8:52 PM

Remains of 5 more Native American children to be disinterred in Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press
March 24, 2023 | 4:54 PM

Native American Tribe urges Army to speed up return of child’s 1879 remains

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press
February 2, 2023 | 3:35 PM

New book describes how Carlisle Indian School used football as more than sport

By Scott LaMar/WITF
October 4, 2022 | 2:46 PM

Pulitzer Prize winning author David Maraniss discusses his new book on Jim Thorpe

By Scott LaMar/WITF
August 23, 2022 | 5:14 AM

New biography chronicles the triumphs and struggles of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe

The book traces Thorpe from his birth on a Sac and Fox reservation to his formative years as a collegiate football star at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and beyond.

By Bill O'Driscoll/WESA
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