Native advocacy groups file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Bureau of Indian Education for boarding school records but get no helpful response. Native Americans are frustrated at the government’s lack of accountability for hundreds (possibly thousands) of children whose fates remain unknown.
Source: www.voanews.com, Native Americans No Closer to Learning Fates of Boarding School Ancestors, Cecily Hilleary, October 20, 2017.