Monday August 30, 2021

Salt Lake Tribune journalists Alastair Lee Bitsóí and Courtney Tanner broke a story last week when they reported that bodies of Paiute children are likely buried at the site of a former Indigenous boarding school those children were forced to attend in Panguitch, Utah. Today on the news, we speak with Bitsóí, who is Diné, on how they approached this reporting. He says it’s vital to work slowly, while putting the needs of tribal communities first.

Show Notes:

Photo: Panguitch, Utah. Although the Panguitch boarding school was open just five years from 1904 to 1909, it will be the first in the state to confirm that children died and were buried on-site.

The Salt Lake Tribune: Bodies of Paiute children believed to be buried at site of former Utah Indigenous boarding school
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/08/23/bodies-paiute-children/