ZIP Advertisement Their children vanished at an Indigenous boarding school. This tribe is bringing them home after 140 years Share Updated: 10:38 PM EDT Jul 9, 2021 By Nicole Chavez, Martin Savidge and Angela Barajas, CNN Their children vanished at an Indigenous boarding school. This tribe is bringing them home after 140 years Share Updated: 10:38 PM EDT Jul 9, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript >>NE O BY ONE THE REMAINS OF TEN CHILDREN WILL BE DISINTERRED FROM THE CEMETERY FOR THE SCHOOL THAT WAS ONCE STATIONED HERE AT THE BARRACKS IN CARLISLE. HISTORIANS SAY IT’S AN EFFORT TO HELP BRING CLOSURE TO FAMILIES TOUCHED BY A DARK CHAPTER OF AMERICAN HISRYTO >> IT’S CULTURAL GENOCIDE. >> THAT’S WHAT CARA CURTIS WITH THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY SAYS OF THE EFFORTS BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO ASSIMILATE INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AT PLACES LIKE THE CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. >> FOOD TRADITIONS AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, WHAT YOUR FAMILY COMES TOGETHER AROUND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE STRIPPED AWAY. >> THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN FROM0 5 TRIBES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WERE BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOL AFTER IT OPENED IN 1879, OFTEN KETAN FROM THEIR FAMIESLI IN RECENT YEARS, THE U.S. ARMY HAS WORKED TO RETURN THE STUDENTS’ REMAINS TO RELATIVES. >> THE FAMILIES CAN PERFORM CEREMONIES, CAN MOURN AND GO THROUGH ALL THOSCUE LTURAL PRACTICES THAT DEATH BRINGS WITH IT. >> CURTIS SAYS EDUCATI AUTON WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN CARLISLE AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT WAS HAPPENING, ITAS W SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FOURTH SUCH DISINTERMENT PROCESS HAPPENING HERATE THE CARLISLE BARRACKS CEMETERY. IT IS THE FIRST FAMILY OF ONE OF THE CHILDREN WHO DIED IN THIS PARTICULAR GROUP WILL BE COMING