More Than 3,100 Students Died At Indian Boarding Schools
"The Washington Post has found more than three times as many deaths as the U.S. government documented in its investigation of Indian boarding schools."
"The Washington Post has found more than three times as many deaths as the U.S. government documented in its investigation of Indian boarding schools."
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