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In a hallway leading to “Away From Home,” a panorama depicts the history of American Indian boarding schools across the country. (Photo by Julian Hernandez/Cronkite News)

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A fact-finding commission of the Episcopal Church will research the history of the denomination's role in operating boarding schools for Native American children -- part of a system the church now acknowledges was rooted in white supremacy and caused generations of trauma.

By Pete Smith, Associated Press July 26, 2022
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Boarding school exhibit at Heard gets new look
Technology revitalizes Native American boarding school exhibit at the Heard Museum

As visitors enter the Heard Museum exhibit “Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories,” they encounter an eye-level digital screen with a grid display of hundreds of school portraits of indigenous students who attended scores of such boarding schools across the United States.

By Julian Hernandez, Cronkite News March 19, 2019