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Tribes sue for full accounting of money used to fund Native American boarding schools
Tribes sue for full accounting of money used to fund Native American boarding schools
Tribes sue for full accounting of money used to fund Native American boarding schools

Published on: 05/23/2025

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The grave of Ellen Macey, from the Umpqua tribe in Oregon, is one of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, to be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes over the next month, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. The school was open from 1879 to 1918 and 186 children died and were buried there. This is the fifth disinterment project led by the U.S. Army that took over the base after the school had been closed. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comWhile the graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Simon Dakosu, an Apache, will remain in Carlisle, Pa., on June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comWhite string outlines the graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks. The eight will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes starting tomorrow, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comWhite string outlines the graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks. The eight will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes starting tomorrow, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comWhite string outlines the graves of eight native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks. The eight will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes starting tomorrow, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comWhite string outlines the graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks. The eight will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes starting tomorrow, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comWhite string outlines the graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks. The eight will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes starting tomorrow, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comFrank Green, of the Oneida tribe, is buried in one of the eight graves of Native American children that will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes starting June 11, in Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, are outlined in string and will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. This is the grave of Wade Ayers, a Catawba, who died in 1904. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comVideographers photograph the graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comEquipment stands ready as the graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.comThe graves of eight Native American children, who died and were buried at the former Carlisle Indian School at the Carlisle Barracks, will be disinterred and returned to their families or tribes, Carlisle, Pa., June 10, 2022. Mark Pynes | pennlive.com

Several Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to order the United States to release documentation of the brutal boarding school system that included one such institution in Carlisle.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/native-american-news/2025/05/tribes-sue-for-full-accounting-of-money-used-to-fund-native-american-boarding-schools.html

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