Teen's 'Remembrance Run' from tribal school stirs emotions
Ku Stevens catches his breath after finishing the Remembrance Run at Bernie Giron Park on the Yerington Paiute reservation in this photo taken on Aug. 15, 2021. Stevens made the 50-mile run over two days across the desert from Carson City in memory of his ancestors who taken from their families and forced to attend the Stewart Indian School there about a century ago. (Ed Andesen/Lyon County News Leader via AP)
YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) — The significance of his “Remembrance Run” didn’t sink in until Ku Stevens was finishing up the two-day, 50-mile (80-kilometer) trek across the high desert from Carson City to Yerington to honor the memories of ancestors who were removed from their families and sent to the Stewart Indian School...
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