4 Alaska Native boarding school students to be repatriated
Four Alaska Native boarding school students are set to be repatriated, though officials note that documentation is limited and many other children remain unidentified.
It's a big discovery, but there's a lot more work to be done, said the director of Indigenous research and healing at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Documentation is limited and there are many children who died in boarding schools who have never been identified.
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