WALKER. NEWS 8 AT 11 STARTS
RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS IS NEWS 8 FROM ONE TV.
>> A MILLION CHILDREN USING
DIED AT THE SPORTING SCHOOLS.
>> FIRST UP TONIGHT, THE NEW
EFFORTS TO FIND THE STUDENTS
>> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN. DO YOU
THINK THAT THEY HAVE A NEW
ROLE IN HELPING TO LOOK FOR
>> MY TARGET. 8 INVESTIGATION
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TONIGHT. THE AMERICAN INDIAN
BOARDING SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN
NAMED THE NATIVE OF GENOCIDE
BY TRIBES IN CANADA. MORE THAN
A 1000 UNMARKED GRAVES HAVE
BEEN FOUND AT FORMER BOARDING
SCHOOL SITES THIS YEAR. THE
UNITED STATES HAS YET TO LOOK.
>> WE JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, THE
PROPER JUSTICE FOR OUR YOUNG
ONES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW,
TAKEN FROM US AN ESTIMATED
OF THOUSANDS OF NATIVE
AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE REMOVED
FROM THEIR FAMILIES.
>> AND FORCED INTO BOARDING
SCHOOLS FROM THE LATE 1800'S
UNTIL THE EARLY 1980'S THE
SCHOOLS WERE PRIMARILY RUN BY
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND
OVERSEEN BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT CHILDREN AS YOUNG
AS 5 ARE PLACED IN SCHOOLS RUN
LIKE PRISONS KEPT AWAY FROM
FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING
FAMILIAR. THE SCHOOL'S MOTTO
KILL THE INDIAN SAVE THE MAN,
A METAPHOR THAT AT TIMES
BECAME REALITY. I'VE READ
ABOUT STORIES OF A YOU KNOW, A
GENTLEMAN WHO ONE OF HIS
RESPONSIBILITIES AND JOBS AT
THE MORNING SCHOOL.
>> WAS TO MARRY THE BABY'S
JAMES. BUT DAYS THE CULTURAL
DIRECTOR FOR THE GUN LAKE
TRIBE IN MICHIGAN. HE'S HEARD
FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF STUDENTS
BURYING BODIES AT THE SCHOOL
GROUNDS. HE'S SEEN AN
INCINERATOR AT ONE SCHOOL IN
MICHIGAN WHICH LEADS HIM AND
OTHERS TO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF
THE CHILDREN'S BODIES MAY HAVE
BEEN BURNED, AND OTHER TRAVEL
MEMBERS BELIEVE IF WE SEARCHED
THE OLD SCHOOL GROUNDS. THERE
WILL BE BODIES JUST GOING BY
THE ODDS ALONE THERE. THERE
HAS TO BE YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S
WHY I SAYS WANT THOSE
>> ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL
RECORDS, THERE WERE AT LEAST 3
NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING
SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN INDIAN
INDUSTRIAL BOARDING SCHOOL IN
MOUNT PLEASANT, THE HOLY NAME
OF JESUS INDIAN MISSION IN THE
UPPER PENINSULA AND HOLY