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Resources on Native Boarding Schools and Religious Archives

ACHA Truth and Healing Initiative Page
https://achahistory.org/boardingschools/

ACWR Truth and Healing Initiative Page
https://archivistsacwr.org/truthandhealing/

“Bishops encourage cooperation to address church’s past in tribal schools,” NCR article
https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/bishops-encourage-cooperation-address-churchs-past-tribal-schools

Special Collections and University Archives at Marquette University Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Collections Inventories
https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/Mss/BCIM/

Special Collections and University Archives at Marquette University Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Collections Historical Note
https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/Mss/BCIM/BCIM-SC1.php

Special Collections and University Archives at Marquette University Archivist Contact Form
https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/askarch.php

Other US Native Boarding School Lists:

2020 NABS American Indian Schools List
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2022 Department of the Interior List of Federal Indian Boarding Schools
https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/inline-files/appendix_a_b_school_listing_profiles_508.pdf

U.S. locations of boarding schools for Native students administered by the Jesuits
https://www.jesuits.org/press-release/list/

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