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Why a Kentucky man is working to preserve the remains of a Native American boarding school

WBUR
Published April 29, 2026 at 10:05 AM MDT

A man in Kentucky wants to preserve the remnants of the boarding school where the first Native American who got a Western medical degree once lived.

WEKU’s Stan Ingold reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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