Miscellaneous
News of over 1000 unmarked graves of children found at an indigenous residential school in Canada hit home for members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee in the mountains of Western North Carolina. This year's 'Miss Cherokee' Amy West requested support from Tribal Council this month for an event in honor of the children found at places like the Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia. "That's 1500 tribal members, children and speakers that our community has lost. This hits very close to home with me," said West at the meeting. West says her great grandmother attended Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. This school is well-known as the first Native American boarding school founded by Col. Richard Pratt whose motto was, "Kill the Indian, Save the Man." There are 1 86 marked graves on the grounds of students who died while attending the school , according to the Carlisle Indian School Project . The Canadian schools were modeled after Carlisle. Although, Canada changed the model