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Elizabeth Morris, a graduate student at Liberty University, writes about the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, which was tasked with examining federal, state and tribal youth programs across the nation.
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."
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."
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 government's sprawling Bureau of Indian Education school system, allegations of abuse, neglect and even death at BIE schools have emerged over the past two decades.