Editor’s note • This story includes descriptions of abuse of Indigenous children and families, at the hands of boarding school administrators. For Julian Brave NoiseCat, “Sugarcane,” his first film as ...
In 1894, the Canadian government established segregated boarding schools and forced indigenous children into them, in the words of one of the film’s opening text cards, “to get rid of the Indian ...
If you are a boarding school survivor or a descendant, resources are available from the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition at boardingschoolhealing.org. A federal investigation ...
In November 2000, the Heard Museum in Phoenix opened a groundbreaking exhibition, “Remembering our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience.” The show, so popular that an updated version ...
In a research room at the Pacific Alaska Region National Archives in Seattle, Denise Lajimodiere suddenly broke into sobs. Reviewing documents that illuminated her late father Leo's boarding school ...
President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday to American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians for the abuses committed in boarding schools funded and operated by the federal ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school in Pennsylvania on Monday to honor the resilience of Indigenous tribes whose ...
In the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of Native American children were sent to schools run by the federal government and churches. Many suffered abuse at those schools, where the goal was to erase ...
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