"Neconie and the other boys got up the courage to tell a matron about the abuse. She said she’d 'look into it,' Neconie recalled. But later that day, the local sheriff came and got him and the other victims. He took them to a jail, where they were forced to stay the night.
'We ratted on him, and we became the prisoners,' Neconie said. The next day, Neconie and the other boys were taken back to the boarding school in handcuffs.
'That jailing was to teach us and others a lesson — ‘keep your mouth shut,’' Neconie said."
~ Dana Hedgpeth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/08/07/indian-boarding-school-survivors-abuse-trauma/
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