University of Minnesota students collaborate on a five part documentary on Native Americans in Minnesota. The goal of the film is to have the state acknowledge the injustices inflicted upon the Minnesota Native American population. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Indian Country Today. Video Spotlight: Powerful Student Film Asks For Apology and Understanding […]
This video addresses how restorative justice is being implemented within Native communities within Minnesota, and how non-Natives are obligated to confront the state’s painful history with local tribes across the state. Examples of this include renouncing the “Doctrine of Discovery” and Manifest Destiny-colonial ideals that believed Europeans have a claim to the United States. It […]
For over a century, the central goals of Canada’s Aboriginal policy were to eliminate Aboriginal governments; ignore Aboriginal rights; terminate the Treaties; and, through a process of assimilation, cause Aboriginal peoples to cease to exist as distinct legal, social, cultural, religious, and racial entities in Canada. The establishment and operation of residential schools were a […]
Canada’s residential schools were influenced by the schools operating in the US. Unlike the US, Canada has formally apologized for residential schools, and has funded several programs aimed at documenting the stories of survivors and created community programs for Indigenous communities. The remaining question is, “When will the US follow Canada’s example?” Read Article Here […]
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is calling on Christian denominations, including the Episcopal Church to examine their history with boarding schools, locate records and documents, and issue an apology for the atrocities committed against Native people. So far, the Presbyterian Church in the US has apologized, but the Episcopalian Church has […]
The author makes a strong case for shifting from trauma informed care, which only focuses on the trauma a person has experienced, to healing centered engagement, which focuses on a holistic approach that not only addresses a person’s trauma but also how to collectively heal from traumatic experiences. There are 4 components to healing centered […]
An Inuk mother in Canada hadn’t seen her daughter, Marieyvonne Alaka, since she was 4 years old. At that age Alaka was sent to a boarding school where she was injured and contracted tuberculosis. She died her family spent years not knowing where she is buried. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Jane Sponagle. […]
Native American boarding school survivors describe the lasting trauma they experienced as a “soul wound” that has not healed. The trauma has manifested as dysfunction in tribal communities. Now, tribes must being the healing process. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Andrea Smith. “Soul Wound: The Legacy of Native American Schools.” October 9, 2015. […]
Several members of tribes in Washington (state) discuss their boarding school experience, how the trauma has been passed on to their children, and how they are working to heal themselves, their families, and their communities through cultural resurgence. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Marsha King. “Tribes confront painful legacy of Indian […]
A Tlingit woman from Alaska explains how boarding schools have affected the ability of Native communities to retain their language, left lasting impacts through intergenerational trauma. She also discusses HB 216 which would make 20 Alaska Native languages official languages of the state. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Kyle Wark. “They ripped out […]
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba will house millions of records collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The records, some of which were sealed for decades, include everything from school inspection reports to heartbreaking testimony from survivors who detailed graphic accounts of sexual and physical abuse. This archive […]
Several elders in Alaska are telling their stories, and creating a K-12 curriculum that focuses on the colonization of the Tlingit people. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Lisa Phu. “Tlingit elders write boarding school history for future generations.” November 25. 2015. Ktoo Public Media. https://www.ktoo.org/2015/11/25/tlingit-elders-write-boarding-school-history-for-future-generations/
