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on another pertinent issue — the government boarding schools across the U.S., including in Alaska, where American Indians and Alaska Native children were sent in an attempt to attempt to assimilate them into Western culture. The two reports are important steps forward to provide transparency on issues that have caused deep pain and harm within Alaska’s Native communities.
The Alaska Missing Indigenous Persons Report, according to the Department of Public Safety, is just the first in a series of quarterly reports that will provide an ongoing accounting of the issue, which has gained a substantial spotlight in recent years due to the tireless efforts of advocates within the Native community.
The report also named 279 Indigenous people who form the state’s current Missing Indigenous Persons list, some of whom were last seen more than 60 years ago. The names span tribes, communities and generations, a sobering reminder of just how long our state has been dealing with this issue, and also of how fresh the wounds remain for those still seeking answers and closure after the disappearance of a close friend or family member.
The effort by both nonprofit groups and the federal government to catalog and make public information on boarding schools and their legacy is similarly welcome and long overdue. Here in Alaska, there were nearly
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