A new database sheds light on the dark history of federal boarding schools for Native American students in Oregon.
Pacific University archivist and associate professor Eva Guggemos and volunteer historian SuAnn Reddick collaborated to document at least 270 students who died in custody at boarding schools in Forest Grove and Salem between 1880 and 1945. Their new website, published Monday, Oct. 11, on Indigenous Peoples' Day and hosted by Pacific University, includes names and burial locations, a...