The Publish discovered that in lots of instances, youngsters who died had been buried “in cemeteries at or close to the colleges they attended, underscoring how, in lots of instances, youngsters’s our bodies had 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 situations had been akin to “jail camps,” one knowledgeable informed the newspaper.
Some cemeteries are marked, whereas others “are hidden, uncared for or have been paved over,” mentioned the Publish, including that its conclusions had been based mostly on “tons of of hundreds” of presidency paperwork.
Youngsters died of illness, malnutrition and accident, generally underneath suspicious circumstances, in accordance with the Publish.
Biden’s speech got here after a authorities report documented the deaths of practically 1,000 youngsters at such colleges, although the actual quantity was at all times regarded as increased.
