Relatives have been observing as archeologists dig for students’ remains at the site of a former Native American boarding school in central Nebraska. Researchers and community members have been trying for decades to find the cemetery near the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in Nebraska. In November, a team using ground-penetrating radar found an area that was consistent with graves. In 2021, hundreds of children’s remains were found at other Native American boarding school sites across the U.S. and Canada. Since then, searches for Native American remains have intensified.
Indigenous advocates kick off educational listening sessions in rural Montana this month to educate Native Americans about actions the state legislature took this session soon to affect them. The group Western Native Voice holds culturally tailored community meetings to ensure Montana’s Native Americans are engaged in and educated about policy decisions affecting their lives. The group is embarking on a series of listening and teaching sessions to help Native populations around Montana understand issues ranging from health care to voting rights.
Those are your headlines at this hour. I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.
