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The bodies of three young Native American girls are returned to the Oneida Reservation. And a community heals.

Three Native American teens were forcibly take from their Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin and sent to a boarding school in Pennsylvania for cultural assimilation.

The homecoming of Jemima Metoxen, Sophia Coulon, and Ophelia Powless to Oneida, Wisconsin coincided with the 47th annual Oneida Pow-wow.  The sound of the drums echoed over the rolling hillsides filling the landscape like a reawakened heartbeat. Over 25 descendants of the three girls were recognized with an honor song near the start of the pow-wow. Violet Blake, left, and Hank Huff, the great-niece and nephew of Jemima Metoxen hug after the honor song on June 28, 2019.
The homecoming of Jemima Metoxen, Sophia Coulon, and Ophelia Powless to Oneida, Wisconsin coincided with the 47th annual Oneida Pow-wow. The sound of the drums echoed over the rolling hillsides filling the landscape like a reawakened heartbeat. Over 25 descendants of the three girls were recognized with an honor song near the start of the pow-wow. Violet Blake, left, and Hank Huff, the great-niece and nephew of Jemima Metoxen hug after the honor song on June 28, 2019.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer