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Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - What is the legacy of Federal Indian Boarding Schools in Illinois?
10 minutes Posted Aug 2, 2023 at 12:24 pm.
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A federal report places a spotlight on Indian Boarding School policies that took Native children from their parents in the 1800s. More than 50 were sent to St. Mary's School for Boys near Chicago. Several of them died at the school.