The Army is disinterring the remains of eight Native American children who died at the government-run Carlisle Indian Industrial School, but one a grave thought to belong to Wade Ayres contains a girl's remains.
The U.S. Army to disinter eight Carlisle Indian School students beginning June 11, 2022CARLISLE, Pa. — Remains exhumed from a cemetery at a U.S. Army base in Pennsylvania do not belong to the Native American teenager recorded to have been buried there more than a century ago, the military said.who died at the government-run Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and plans to transfer custody to the children’s closest living relatives.
On Saturday, the Army exhumed grave B-13, thought to belong to Wade Ayres of the Catawba Indian Nation of South Carolina, who died in 1904. The remains did not match those of a male aged 13 or 14, but instead were found to be consistent with a female aged 15 to 20, the Army said in a statement.“The Army is committed to seeking more information in an effort to determine where the remains of Wade Ayres are buried so that he may be returned to his family and the Catawba nation,” the Army said.
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