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UND Researchers Studies Health Impacts of Attending Indian Boarding School, Finds Links to Cancer

https://blogs.und.edu/indigenous-health-news/2019/11/welcome-to-dr-ursula-running-bear/

UND researcher Ursula Running Bear, Ph.D., has explored the health problems experienced by Native Americans who were sent away to boarding schools as children. She found that the attendees were much more likely to develop cancers, anemia, arthritis and gallbladder disease.