COLORADO, USA — A Colorado General Assembly-commissioned report on the history of Native American boarding schools concluded that dozens of the children entrusted to those schools died under their care.
Many more children faced psychological or physical abuse, including sexual abuse, according to the report.
The report, under the direction of Dr. Holly Kathryn Norton, the state archaeologist with History Colorado, hints that there is much more that should be looked at, but the short timeline dictated by the legislature meant some things just didn't get done — and some things the legislature asked for shouldn't be done at all.
House Bill 22-1327 went into effect on June 1, 2022 with a deadline for a final report of June 30, 2023.
The final report, 139 pages, was released this week by History Colorado, although tribal representatives and the Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs were given copies back in June.
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