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New Colorado law paves way for archival, archaeological research into former Fort Lewis Indian boarding school

Bill signed by Gov. Jared Polis also requires state agency to vacate site of former boarding school in Grand Junction

Children at Fort Lewis Indian School in Durango circa 1900.
Courtesy of the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College
Children at Fort Lewis Indian School in Durango circa 1900.
Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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History Colorado will spend the next year working with tribal partners to research the events, physical and emotional abuse, and deaths that happened at the onetime federal Native American boarding school that's now Fort Lewis College.
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