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Chiracahua Apache children arrive at the Carlisle Indian School, which was considered the model for many Native American boarding schools around the country.
(National Archives, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer)
The recent discoveries of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at Indigenous residential schools in Canada has drawn attention to the troubling legacy of similar institutions in California and elsewhere in the United States.
In June, the U.S. launched its own investigation into the long history of abuse and loss of life at hundreds of boarding schools for Native American children run by the federal government from the mid-1800s through much of the 20th century. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary, said she wants the investigation to focus closely on cemeteries and possible burial sites at or near the schools.
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