Remains found buried in unmarked cemetery at closed Utah boarding school confirmed to be those of 12 Paiute children forced to attend the school in the early 1900s
In a statement shared Tuesday by The Salt Lake Tribune, The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah expressed devastation over a Utah State University study that confirmed the bodies were those of two Kaibab Paiute children, four Shivwits children and additional children from other tribes.
Students as young as six were taken from their tribes and forced to live at the former Panguitch Indian Board School overseen by the federal government. Some children were taken at gunpoint from St. George and Moccasin, Arizona.
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