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Tulalip’s Stolen Children: A special report on Native American boarding schools

Published 11:50 am Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Girls at the Tulalip Indian Boarding School warily eye a sewing machine as they learn about required duties. Harriette Shelton Dover attended this school from age 7 until her graduation in 1922. (Tulalip Tribes Hibulb Cultural Center)

Since the 1800s, Native American families have grappled with the trauma of abuse and forced assimilation at hundreds of boarding schools across the country. One served as a cornerstone of the Tulalip Reservation in Snohomish County. These are stories of life and death at Tulalip and elsewhere.