In August 2015, a 14-year-old girl did something thousands of Native American children have done over the past 133 years. She left her home and walked through the doors of a federally funded boarding school called the Pierre Indian Learning Center.
Read more about why we pursued this three-part series on student welfare within the Bureau of Indian Education by clicking on the headline.
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A close-up shows a sign in front of the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon.
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Chemawa Indian School is a BIE-operated boarding school in Salem, Oregon.
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Read the full settlement and complaint court documents involving PILC and Little Elk.
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Pierre Indian Learning Center students enjoy their Christmas party.
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Read the full complaint and dismissal court filings involving Circle of Nations.
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Administrators of Circle of Nations School, a tribally operated BIE school in Wahpeton, North Dakota, offered a Lee Enterprises reporter and photographer a tour of the campus in December 2023.
Chemawa Indian School, a BIE-operated school Salem, Oregon, has been the subject of various allegations of student harm.
JESS HUME-PANTUSO Mid-Valley Media
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