The Bureau of Indian Affairs says a new fence around Chemawa Indian School in Oregon is meant to improve student safety.

The BIA paid $63,000 fence to erect the 8-foot fence. But students protested, noting that it had barbed wire on top.

The BIA has decided to remove the barbed wire but says the fence will stay. It separates the school from an Indian Health Service facility and parking lot on one end, and athletic fields and a sweat lodge on the other.

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Chemawa students, staff prepare for changes (AP 2/22)
American Indian students protest barbed-wire fence (AP 2/21)
Chemawa has played many roles (The Statesman Journal 2/20)
Feds decide to remove Chemawa barbed wire (The Statesman Journal 2/19)
Chemawa students protest fence (The Statesman Journal 2/18)

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