Feds may investigate Chemawa Indian School in Salem after discovery of Canadian mass graves

Posted byNatalie PatePosted inUncategorized

Chemawa Indian School in Salem — the oldest continuously operated residential boarding school for Native American students in the United States — may come under federal review following U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s call for the government to investigate its past oversight of such schools. 

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Published by Natalie Pate

Natalie Pate is the education reporter for the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon. She is originally from Colorado and earned her B.A. in Politics and French and Francophone Studies from Willamette University.

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