Army to disinter remains of 12 Native students from Carlisle cemetery
Families and tribes requested the return of children buried at the former federal boarding school in Pennsylvania
The Office of Army Cemeteries will begin disinterring the remains of 12 Native American students buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School cemetery on Sept. 1, according to reporting from WGAL. The disinterments are intended to return the children’s remains to their families and tribes. Those scheduled for disinterment include Alaska Natives Mabel Stock, Edward Angalook, Lucy Spaulding and Tummassak Tomicock, as well as Peter Howe, Richard Morgan and Christine Redstone of the Fort Peck Tribes.
According to the WGAL reporting, the group also includes Frances Bones of the Comanche Nation, Fannie Gibson of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Della Atkins of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, Susie Davis of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and Margaret Davis of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. The National Park Service states that more than 7,800 children from 140 tribes attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School between 1879 and 1918.
- 1.Michael Fuller. WGAL, .
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