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A search for the dead and a journey toward closure at Nebraska’s Native American boarding school

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A search for the dead and a journey toward closure at Nebraska’s Native American boarding school

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Carolyn Fiscus knows where her aunt, Mildred Lowe, spent her final days.

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Carolyn Fiscus sits in the Winnebago Tribal Cemetery in the general area of her grandmother’s unmarked grave on March 11. Fiscus’ aunt, Mildred Lowe, died at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in 1930 but the location of her remains is unknown. 

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Carolyn Fiscus holds a circa 1924 photograph of her grandmother, Laura Eliza DeCora (left), and aunt, Mildred Lowe, in Winnebago. Lowe died at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in 1930, but the location of her remains is unknown. 

Rebecca S. Gratz, for the Flatwater Free Press

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A state historical marker outside the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School gives a brief history of the site. 

Rebecca S. Gratz, for the Flatwater Free Press

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Carolyn Fiscus sits in the Winnebago Tribal Cemetery in the general area of her grandmother’s unmarked grave on March 11. Fiscus’ aunt, Mildred Lowe, died at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in 1930 but the location of her remains is unknown. 

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The remains of the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School stand next to railroad tracks where students would arrive in Genoa, Neb. 

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An archival photograph of the sewing room sits on display in the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School. 

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A model of the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School includes this building where girls were housed in Genoa.

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The room at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School where boys made horse bridles and halters contains original plaster paintings. 

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Carolyn Fiscus holds the 1930 certificate of death for her aunt Mildred Lowe, in Winnebago. According to the document, Lowe died at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in 1930 from meningitis secondary to influenza and pneumonia, but the location of her remains is unknown. 

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Carolyn Fiscus sits in the Winnebago Tribal Cemetery in the general area of her grandmother’s unmarked grave on March 11. Fiscus’ aunt, Mildred Lowe, died at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in 1930 but the location of her remains is unknown. 

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Carolyn Fiscus sits in the Winnebago Tribal Cemetery in the general area of her grandmother’s unmarked grave on March 11. Fiscus’ aunt, Mildred Lowe, died at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in 1930 but the location of her remains is unknown. 

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Carolyn Fiscus holds a circa 1924 photograph of her grandmother, Laura Eliza DeCora (left), and aunt, Mildred Lowe, in Winnebago. Lowe died at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in 1930, but the location of her remains is unknown. 

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An archival photograph of the sewing room sits on display in the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School. 

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The remains of the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School stand next to railroad tracks where students would arrive in Genoa, Neb. 

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A state historical marker outside the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School gives a brief history of the site. 

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Carolyn Fiscus holds the 1930 certificate of death for her aunt Mildred Lowe, in Winnebago. According to the document, Lowe died at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in 1930 from meningitis secondary to influenza and pneumonia, but the location of her remains is unknown. 

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The room at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School where boys made horse bridles and halters contains original plaster paintings. 

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A model of the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School includes this building where girls were housed in Genoa.

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