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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Felix Clary

UNBELIEVABLE: These native tribes are working with schools to boost attendance - The Untold Story

Chronic Absenteeism Indigenous Oklahoma - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

As the Watonga school system's Indian education director, Hollie Youngbear works to help Native American students succeed — a job that begins with getting them to school.

She makes sure students have clothes and school supplies. She connects them with federal and tribal resources. And when students don't show up to school, she and a colleague drive out and pick them up.

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