Posted on Mar 3, 2023
A 12-year-old boy was shot running from a Native boarding school. His tribe mourns him today
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Charlie Fiester was hungry.
It had been a week since the Klamath boy had run away from Chemawa Indian School, a boarding school in Oregon notorious for its cruelty against Native children. It was his fourth time trying to get away.
He was one of hundreds of children who had fled the school and its bleak conditions around that time, in the early 1900s. Records show that at least 270 Native children died of tuberculosis and other diseases while at Chemawa. Some died while running away.
Charlie camped out near a barn by the river with his buddies Ignace Seymour and Willie Wiley — both 13. The three boys soothed hunger pangs by eating eggs, spuds, and stolen chickens.
It had been a week since the Klamath boy had run away from Chemawa Indian School, a boarding school in Oregon notorious for its cruelty against Native children. It was his fourth time trying to get away.
He was one of hundreds of children who had fled the school and its bleak conditions around that time, in the early 1900s. Records show that at least 270 Native children died of tuberculosis and other diseases while at Chemawa. Some died while running away.
Charlie camped out near a barn by the river with his buddies Ignace Seymour and Willie Wiley — both 13. The three boys soothed hunger pangs by eating eggs, spuds, and stolen chickens.
A 12-year-old boy was shot running from a Native boarding school. His tribe mourns him today
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My wife was sent to a Native American boarding school in Oklahoma when she was 9 years old. After about 3 months, she tried to run away with the intention of going home, Luepp Arizona. They caught her about a mile away. 2 years later she tried again. With another young girl, they made it about 8 to 10 miles over 2 days. Caught again, she decided to stay and finish the school. After another 2 years, she graduated high school at the age of 14. She was even Valedictorian. She was then allowed to go home.
Academically, the school was great, but culturally and socially it was a disaster.
Academically, the school was great, but culturally and socially it was a disaster.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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