A new federal investigation into the unmarked graves of Indigenous students unearths a complicated history and patchy records at dozens of Oklahoma boarding school sites.
Chilocco alumni only knew of 10 graves at the school when they began taking care of the site more than 20 years ago, but they’ve since uncovered 57 additional burials that occurred between 1884 to 1937 — all unmarked.
GOOD READ: At one former Native American school in Oklahoma, honoring the dead now falls to alumni
When Native Americans make a big deal out of mascots and racist depictions in movies, it’s because it matters. These shape the public perception of Natives and it’s all wrong. Often times, it devalues Native life—like this video of Bugs Bunny killing Natives and keeping score pic.twitter.com/ZmZT9So7gl
— Brett Chapman (@brettachapman) July 21, 2021
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