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From the lawsuit: A 10-year-old “was forcibly restrained” by a teacher who “sat and laid down” on the student “while he cried out and yelled, ‘I can’t breathe.’”

Within the federal governments sprawling Bureau of Indian Education school system, allegations of abuse, neglect and even death at BIE schools have emerged over the past two decades.

“Everybody primarily focuses on the historical context,” said Smoker Broaddus from the Fort Peck reservation. “But we have problems going on in schools right now that we should talk about.”

Within the federal governments sprawling Bureau of Indian Education school system, allegations of abuse, neglect and even death at BIE schools have emerged over the past two decades.

Pierre Indian Learning Center staff did not follow protocol after a girl discussed suicide multiple times or even after the suicide attempt that led to her death, a lawsuit contended.

Within the federal governments sprawling Bureau of Indian Education school system, allegations of abuse, neglect and even death at BIE schools have emerged over the past two decades.

Within the federal governments sprawling Bureau of Indian Education school system, allegations of abuse, neglect and even death at BIE schools have emerged over the past two decades.

Within the federal governments sprawling Bureau of Indian Education school system, allegations of abuse, neglect and even death at BIE schools have emerged over the past two decades.

A former Chemawa teacher, in a U.S. House hearing, said a special education student reported being raped on campus but that administrators “had not provided her counseling or medical treatment."

Within the federal governments sprawling Bureau of Indian Education school system, allegations of abuse, neglect and even death at BIE schools have emerged over the past two decades.