by Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press
Posted Jul 1, 2021 7:11 pm ADT
Last Updated Jul 1, 2021 at 7:25 pm ADT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A historical plaque memorializing the dozens of Native American children who died while attending a boarding school in New Mexico more than a century ago has gone missing, sparking concern among Indigenous activists.
Members of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women are among those pushing the city of Albuquerque to investigate. The small plaque was in a park near the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and the original site of the Albuquerque Indian School.
The plaque noted the site of a burial ground for students who attended the school between 1882 and 1933. They included children from the Navajo Nation, Zuni Pueblo and Apache tribes.
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