At least a dozen graves of Milwaukee Indian boarding school students uncovered

Amelia Schafer

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – A 2022 federal report on federal involvement in Indian Boarding Schools sent shockwaves through Native communities across the country, including Milwaukee where the history was all but lost.

“There was a collective and audible reaction,” said Mark Denning, who is Oneida, Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee. “I had never ever heard of a boarding school … in this community.”…

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