EventThe Office of Army Cemeteries will disinter and repatriate 12 remains from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School from Sept. 1–Oct. 12 2026. Four Alaskan Native students—Lucy Spaulding, Mabel Stack, Edward Angalook, Tummassak—will be returned to southeastern Alaska, while three students from the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe will be reburied in eastern Montana. Forensic experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will oversee the disinterments, and the Army will reimburse families for travel and reburial costs.
The Office of Army Cemeteries will disinter and return 12 remains from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School between Sept. 1 and Oct. 12, 2026. Among them are four Alaskan Native students whose bodies will be repatriated to southeastern Alaska, marking a historic closure for their communities.
The Office of Army Cemeteries is beginning the ninth round of repatriations, returning the remains of 12 students who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The move brings home children from Alaska, Montana and other tribes, continuing a decade‑long effort to heal the legacy of the nation’s boarding school system.
