An unexpected clue leads to family for an Alaska Native student who died at the Carlisle school

Source Scout · Alaska Beacon reports: Repatriations continue with the remains of four students from Alaska finally headed home after more than 100 years Tummassak, at right, an Alaska Native student who died on April 8, 1900, while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, is being repatriated to her homeland as part of the return of the remains of 12 students from Carlisle in 2026. She and six other youths boarded the USS Revenue Cutter Bear (in background) to make the two-month trip from Alaska. (Credit: Photo illustration by Charles Fox/Historical photos courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society) This story was originally published by ICT.

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