Williams and his team spent the last two weeks excavating, but didn’t find the first anomaly they were seeking, which could’ve contained children’s remains. In November, ground-penetrating radar identified four anomalies - or areas of disturbed soil beneath the ground surface - in the shapes of graves. and Canada in recent years.ĭogs trained to detect the odor of decaying remains searched the area last summer and indicated there could be a burial site in a strip of land bordered by a farm field, railroad tracks and a canal. The search for gained renewed interest after hundreds of children’s remains were discovered at other Native American boarding school sites across the U.S. I feel like I have to remain steadfast and committed.”
“I would have preferred that we found the children,” said Judi gaiashkibos, a member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and the executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs. An archeological dig for a lost children’s cemetery near the Nebraska site of a former Native American boarding school has ended after two weeks - and no remains were found.ĭave Williams, the state’s archeologist, said the team searching near the former Genoa Indian Industrial School plans to meet on Zoom with representatives of 40 tribes across the U.S.
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