Details surrounding deaths at Chemawa brought to light by local researchers https://t.co/b5IaPW9Ie2

— Salem Reporter (@SalemReporter) October 21, 2021

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Recently, the discovery of over 1,000 unmarked grave sites of Native children at similar residential schools in Canada led US Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland to announce the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. The initiative will launch an investigation into the history and legacies of more than 365 boarding school sites in the U.S.

But research for the Deaths at Chemawa Indian School website began long before this initiative brought the issue back to light.

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