EventOn September 30, a formal ceremony marked the return of the remains of Tummassak, Lucy Spaulding and Edward Angalook from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School cemetery to their families and tribes. The caskets were carried out of a ceremonial tent after disinterment a week earlier, with about 50 attendees. A grave believed to hold another Alaska student, Mabel Booth, remains unidentified.
Three Alaska Native students’ remains were returned from Carlisle Indian Industrial School to their families in Alaska on September 30 as part of a repatriation program begun in 2017.
Researcher Nyché Andrew linked a former Carlisle student, Tummassak, to her family, obliging the repatriation of her remains and three other Alaska Native students on Sept. 24.
A researcher at the Alaska Native Heritage Center linked a 1900 Carlisle student, Tummassak, to her great‑great‑grandmother through a distinctive tattoo, sparking a planned return of Tummassak’s remains and those of three other Alaska Native students in a ceremony in late September.
