Five boys from northeast Nebraska got on a train bound for Pennsylvania, and the notorious Carlisle Indian Industrial School, more than a century ago. Three never made it home.
Five boys from northeast Nebraska got on a train bound for Pennsylvania, and the notorious Carlisle Indian Industrial School, more than a century ago. Three never made it home.
Two Nebraska boys are among the hundreds buried at a boarding school notorious for stripping Native kids of their culture and language. Now, the Winnebago Tribe is fighting to get them back.
On Jan. 17, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska sued the U.S. Army in federal court seeking repatriation the remains of Edward Hensley and Samuel Gilbert who died of pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1895, 47 days after his arrival in Carlisle.
On Jan. 17, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska sued the U.S. Army in federal court seeking repatriation of not only the remains of Edward Hensley, but those of another boy named Samuel Gilbert who died of pneumonia on Oct. 24, 1895.