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14 Indigenous students who attended industrial school in late 1800s are buried in west central Minnesota cemetery; there may be more

14 Indigenous students who attended industrial school in late 1800s are buried in west central Minnesota cemetery; there may be more

14 Indigenous students who attended industrial school in late 1800s are buried in a Clontarf, Minn. cemetery; there may be more

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has a collection of documents from the school, but they are not digitized and the West Central Tribune has not been allowed to view them. The Archdiocese did not respond to a request for comment about student deaths or the church running of the school. Clontarf city officials also declined to comment. The Rev. Gary Mills, director of the Swift County Historical Society and Museum, said he would guess the town erected the memorial in 1978 to document history but he isn t completely sure of the reason and historical records are unclear. Mills, who grew up around Benson, a town about six miles south of Clontarf, and served as a Lutheran minister for more than 35 years in New York, said it s necessary to find out what exactly happened at boarding schools where Indigenous people were sent.