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Anne Worthington in Nebraska

The search for the Native American schoolchildren buried in a small US town’s lost cemetery

The Genoa Indian Industrial School was one of hundreds of boarding schools for Native American children in the US. (ABC: Foreign Correspondent/Greg Nelson ACS)

On her family's farm in Iowa, Carolyn Fiscus burns sage and prays that her Aunt Mildred's spirit will find its way home. 

The 74-year-old never met her mother's sister, but the question of what happened to Aunt Mildred is a mystery that has long tormented her family.

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