The Publish discovered that in lots of instances, youngsters who died have been buried “in cemeteries at or close to the colleges they attended, underscoring how, in lots of instances, youngsters’s our bodies have been by no means despatched dwelling to their households or tribes”.
Poor record-keeping and the passage of time have made it tough to find out precisely what number of youngsters died on the colleges, the place circumstances have been akin to “jail camps,” one skilled advised the newspaper.
Some cemeteries are marked, whereas others “are hidden, uncared for or have been paved over,” mentioned the Publish, including that its conclusions have been primarily based on “a whole lot of 1000’s” of presidency paperwork.
Youngsters died of illness, malnutrition and accident, typically beneath suspicious circumstances, in response to the Publish.
Biden’s speech got here after a authorities report documented the deaths of almost 1,000 youngsters at such colleges, although the true quantity was at all times regarded as greater.
