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Remains of 11 Native children who died at a boarding school are returned to tribes

WITF | By Katie Knol

Published October 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM CDT

The Office of Army Cemeteries have returned the remains of 11 Native American and Alaska Native students who died while attending the Carlisle boarding school in Pennsylvania more than a century ago.

Katie Knol

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