The haunting legacy of native American boarding schools: Carlisle and the struggle for truth

The exhumation of 17 students from Pennsylvania’s Carlisle Indian Industrial School has renewed attention on the US boarding school system, where Indigenous children were forcibly assimilated. Over decades, hundreds of schools stripped language, culture, and identity, causing hundreds of deaths and unmarked burials. Today, repatriation efforts seek justice, recognition, and reconciliation for generations affected by this legacy.