Indian Boarding School Records Return

It is estimated that between 1819 and 1969, the United States federal government operated or supported 408 boarding schools in 37 states. Today, there are thousands of boarding school survivors who do not have the benefit of owning their own records. 

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Project Return aims to change that.

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With support from the Mellon Foundation, the Native Policy Lab at the University of Iowa is undertaking a project to return Indian Boarding School records to survivors. If you are a survivor of an Indian Boarding School, we might be able to help return your records.​