The Why: Philly Explained

Reclaiming the bodies of children who died at Carlisle Indian School


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The remains of about 180 children are buried on the grounds of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in central Pennsylvania — which was created to assimilate native children into white culture. Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jeff Gammage explains why they died — and how tribes are starting to reclaim some of those bodies and bring them home 100 years later.

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