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US finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far

In this photo provided by Randi Oyan, is the former Rapid City Indian School, in Rapid City, S.D., on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The school opened in the late 1800s and shut down in 1933. It was later converted into an asylum and a hospital, and now operates as an Indian Health Service clinic. A memorial is planned at a nearby hillside where researchers say dozens of boarding school children are buried in unmarked graves. (AP Photo/Randi Oyan) In this photo provided by Randi Oyan, is the former Rapid City Indian School, in Rapid City, S.D., on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The school opened in the late 1800s and shut down in 1933. It was later converted into an asylum and a hospital, and now operates as an Indian Health Service clinic. A memorial is planned at a nearby hillside where researchers say dozens of boarding school children are buried in unmarked graves. (AP Photo/Randi Oyan)