A landmark report acknowledging the U.S.'s culpability in forcing Indigenous children into boarding schools, where an untold number died, should be considered only the “starting point” for helping Native families, said Navajo Nation Pres. Jonathan Nez.
The report includes maps and photos that have never been published before, and its recommendations include additional research. Congress has allocated $7 million for that continuing work, a department news release said.
The current report conservatively estimates that among 19 of the identified schools, there are at least 500 Indigenous children in graves. Of the 53 burial sites identified, 33 are marked, six are unmarked and 14 have a combination of marked and unmarked graves. in the southern part of the state, confirmed by the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and reported by The Tribune last summer.
Nez, however, did go on to say it may be up to individual Diné families to also decide what is best for their relatives. She is launching “The Road to Healing” initiative. That will be a yearlong tour across the country where Native American boarding school survivors and their descendants will be invited to share their experiences and be connected with trauma-informed support.
Maryboy attended a boarding school for Navajo children in Aneth, Utah, in the 1960s when he was 8 years old. He said looking through the report Wednesday and seeing the pictures of the other kids at boarding schools, brought back painful memories.
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