Worth a Read: After more than a century, Fort Peck children are coming home from Carlisle

The Fort Peck Journal has provided community-centered coverage of the return of three Fort Peck children who were sent to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School together in 1890 and died there.

Louis H. Montclair’s coverage documents how the Fort Peck community has prepared to bring the children home through family participation, an awareness walk across the reservation, the Orange Flag Project, community prayers, and ceremony.

Peter Howe and Richard Morgan Disinterred at Carlisle; Christine Redstone Next by Louis H. Montclair for Fort Peck Journal, Sept. 1, 2026

After More Than a Century, Fort Peck Children Are Coming Home From Carlisle by Louis H. Montclair for Fort Peck Journal, September 1, 2026

From a Phone Screen to Carlisle: How the Orange Flag Project Took on a Life of Its Own by Louis H. Montclair for Fort Peck Journal, September 1, 2026

Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board member Melvin Scott smudges the Carlisle Indian Cemetery on Sept. 1 ahead of the scheduled disinterments of Peter Howe and Richard Morgan. The Fort Peck delegation traveled to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to bring home three Fort Peck children who died after being sent to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Photo from Fort Peck Journal.