{"id":480823,"date":"2026-04-07T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=480823"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:02:04","slug":"native-america-callling-alutiiq-museum-tells-the-story-of-alaska-native-children-sent-to-carlisle-indian-boarding-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/04\/07\/native-america-callling-alutiiq-museum-tells-the-story-of-alaska-native-children-sent-to-carlisle-indian-boarding-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Callling: Alutiiq Museum tells the story of Alaska Native children sent to Carlisle Indian Boarding School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, April 7, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nAlutiiq Museum tells the story of Alaska Native children sent to Carlisle Indian Boarding School\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/alutiiqmuseum.org\">Alutiiq Museum<\/a> in Kodiak, Alaska, is telling the story of 11 children taken from the area and shipped off to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_School\">Carlisle Indian Boarding School<\/a> more than a century ago.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n The museum was instrumental in securing the return of one of those children who was buried on school grounds. It is part of an ongoing effort by the museum to document and repatriate Alaska Native ancestors under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/nagpra\/index.htm\">Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to hear about their work.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/04\/07\/native-america-callling-alutiiq-museum-tells-the-story-of-alaska-native-children-sent-to-carlisle-indian-boarding-school\/alaskanativestudentscarlisle\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-480825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"480825\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/04\/07\/native-america-callling-alutiiq-museum-tells-the-story-of-alaska-native-children-sent-to-carlisle-indian-boarding-school\/alaskanativestudentscarlisle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/08\/AlaskaNativeStudentsCarlisle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"723,542\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alaska Native Students\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Alaska Native Students&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Eleven Alaska Native students with an Indian agent named Mr. C. E. Bunnell are seen at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania in 1901. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/carlisleindian.dickinson.edu\/images\/eleven-alaskan-students-mr-bunnell-1901&gt;Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/08\/AlaskaNativeStudentsCarlisle.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/08\/AlaskaNativeStudentsCarlisle.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Native Students\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-480825\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Eleven Alaska Native students with an Indian agent named Mr. C. E. Bunnell are seen at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania in 1901. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/carlisleindian.dickinson.edu\/images\/eleven-alaskan-students-mr-bunnell-1901>Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nDehrich Chya (Alutiiq, Sun\u2019aq Tribe of Kodiak), director of language and living culture at the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBenjamin Jacuk (Dena\u2019ina Athabascan and Sugpiaq), director of Indigenous research at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskanative.net\/\">Alaska Native Heritage Center<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nych\u00e9-andrew-000193201\">Nych\u00e9 Andrew<\/a> (Yup\u2019ik\/I\u00f1upiaq)\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<iframe title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1121359883?h=0821dddd63\"   frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"   allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Alutiiq Museum: \r\n<a href=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1121359883>Returning them from Carlisle<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Alutiiq Museum is telling the story of 11 Native children taken from Alaska and shipped to the infamous Carlisle Indian boarding school.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":480825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[78,79,3828,418,3639,176,243,490,794,133,7357,1045,134,102],"class_list":["post-480823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-benjamin-jacuk","tag-boarding-schools","tag-dehrich-chya","tag-genocide","tag-media","tag-museums","tag-nagpra","tag-native-america-calling","tag-nyche-andrew","tag-pennsylvania","tag-radio","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/08\/AlaskaNativeStudentsCarlisle.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-215d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480823"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480846,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480823\/revisions\/480846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}