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2026 Boarding School Healing News Stories

Once a federal boarding school, local Tribes now set the curriculum at the Santa Fe Indian School (NPR) 6/21/2026

As Indian boarding schools oral history project concludes, survivors describe feeling honored and restored (The Imprint) 6/18/2026

The US Army said they were exempt from NAGPRA: a federal court disagreed (Native News Online) 6/8/2026

U.S. House passes Albuquerque Indian School Act (Source New Mexico) 6/5/2026

Fourth Circuit rules NAGPRA applies to Carlisle Boarding School children’s remains in Winnebago Tribe case (Native News Online) 5/14/2026

U.S. House committee approves legislation returning land to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (Source New Mexico) 4/21/2026

Burial sites at former Indigenous school remain elusive, officials turn to public for input (Colorado Public Radio News) 4/4/2026

Congress contemplates sweeping investigation of Native boarding schools (High Country News) 3/20/2026

State Indian boarding school committee visits Yakama Reservation to hear testimony (Yakima Herald-Republic) 3/20/2026

Interior Department fights to dismiss Oklahoma Tribe's Indian boarding school lawsuit (KGOU NPR Oklahoma) 2/26/2026

Tribal members describe report on Native American boarding schools as "flawed" and "incomplete" (Michigan Public) 2/26/2026

Oklahoma representative Tom Cole leading bipartisan push to uncover state’s Indian boarding schools history (Gaylord News - University of Oklahoma) 2/17/2026

After scrutiny, Michigan moves to release redacted Native boarding school report (Native News Online) 2/1/2026

Michigan spent $1.1M probing Tribal boarding schools, then buried the results (Bridge Michigan) 1/21/2026

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