
Renamed, shamed. Searching for an Indigenous boy’s true identity
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What We Learned About a Dummy in the National Archives
He was just 13 when he was sent what we believe to be over 900 kilometers away to elcorn school. And so we presume that he got that nickname at the school, or maybe by one of the administrators. He ended up with that cruel nickname in all of the indian affairs annual reports and some of the other documents we found. As that's so awful. We've made a very strong effort to say it as little as possible.
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