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Truth. Justice. Healing
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is the first and only national organization whose purpose is to advocate on behalf of Native peoples impacted by U.S. Indian boarding school policies. We seek truth through education and research, justice through activism and policy advocacy, and healing through programs and traditional gatherings.
Break the Silence, Begin the Healing
THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL HEALING COMMISSION
Our Mission: To lead in the pursuit of understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma created by the U.S. Indian Boarding School policy.
Education Resources
NABS is bringing new information and stories to light, and providing researchers, educators, and Native communities with the necessary resources to learn more.
Oral History Project
NABS has built trust within the American Indian and Alaska Native community with our experience in collecting survivors’ stories in a healing-informed way.
Be An Advocate
Want to support the U.S. Truth and Healing Commission Bill? Visit our Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act Advocacy Tool-Kit
traumatic impact.
evidence in the numbers
In August 2023, NABS released its latest research identifying 523 Indian boarding schools in the United States. This three-year project resulted in the largest known list of U.S. Indian boarding schools ever compiled to date.
Total Indian boarding schools that
operated in the U.S. from 1801 to present
Indian boarding schools identified by the DOI that received federal support from 1819 to 1969
Indian boarding schools with no known evidence of federal support
Indian boarding schools opened by Bureau of Indian Education after 1969, or schools that need further research
Schools open today that were or are considered
Indian boarding schools
U.S. states where Indian boarding schools operated
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July 24, 2024 Today, Wednesday, July 24 at 6:30 p.m. ET, Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the Committee, will lead a group of Senators to speak on S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. WHAT: Schatz, Murkowski, […]
On June 20, 2024, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chair of the Committee, announced the release of Senate Bill 1723 (S.1723), the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act, from the Committee. This landmark legislation aims to […]
June 14, 2024 On June 13, 2024, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce voted in support of House Resolution 7227 (H.R. 7227): The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. “The legacy of Indian boarding schools unveils deep-ceded injustices that have profoundly affected and continue to resonate within Tribal […]
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