Sources:
Osage Nation with Commemoration of Mass Grave
osagenews.org/nation-moves...

Impact of Boarding Schools.
www.cjonline.com/story/news/s...
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I am on a racial and social justice journey to understand how the United States’ past actions have shaped the present reality. I acknowledge that I have more to learn. Please let me know if I need to correct this post. Please see my sources below. 5/6

There is currently work taking place to acknowledge the impact and identify the mass grave that has since been moved twice. osagenews.org/nation-moves-forward-with-commemoration-of-osage-mass-grave/
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Another important fact is the Osage Reservation had widespread illnesses such as smallpox and measles. Our shared history of how these Osage elders remains were handled after their deaths is often repeated in our history. 3/6

The Historical Marker paints the mission positively; missions like this one have a history of forcing children to attend boarding schools that ignore their culture, religion, and traditions to force assimilation on the children attending, resulting in abuse and death of the children. 2/6

I need to do better at taking more pictures cause this is just a tiny glimpse at the event.