A search for truth – and children’s remains – at a former Indian boarding school

Nightly News with Lester Holt, NBC News Now, NBC News digital (2023)

Native Americans are speaking out decades later about the abuses and indignities they endured at a school designed to “kill the Indian” in them.

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Nominated for 2023 News & Documentary Emmy: Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Long Form. Winner Deadline Club’s Les Payne Award for coverage on communities of color and the Society of Professional Journalist’s New America Award in 2023.

Correspondent: Cynthia McFadden

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