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Tribes Seek Healing as 17 Native Children Repatriated

11/7/2025

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, repatriated seventeen Native American children in 1879.
Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler died shortly after arrival, reflecting U.S. government efforts to erase Native identities.
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma reburied sixteen children in Concho.
Wallace Perryman was returned to the Seminole Nation.
Tribal leaders view the ceremonies as justice and healing for the boarding school era affecting over 7,800 students.

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Story summary

Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, repatriated seventeen Native American children in 1879.
Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler died shortly after arrival, reflecting U.S. government efforts to erase Native identities.
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma reburied sixteen children in Concho.
Wallace Perryman was returned to the Seminole Nation.
Tribal leaders view the ceremonies as justice and healing for the boarding school era affecting over 7,800 students.