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Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative

Members of the Pine Ridge chapter of the International Indigenous Youth Council rode horses during a gathering on May 18, 2022, at Red Cloud School, where ground-penetrating radar is set to begin to search for graves of students who died during the school's boarding school days. The school, in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, is now a day school operated by Jesuits. (Photo by Mary Annette Pember/Indian Country Today)
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Red Cloud Indian School begins search for graves

By Mary Annette PemberMay 19, 2022
James LaBelle Sr., a boarding school survivor and the first vice president of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition board, spoke at the Department of Interior news conference on May 11, 2022. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye)
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Boarding school survivors: Stories will be heard

By Kalle BenallieMay 12, 2022