In this feature film, the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual […]
Veteran Robert O’Brien was honored at Carlisle by the Army War College during an annual athletic event called the Jim Thorpe Sports Days. O’Brien, who grew up in an orphanage in St. Paul Minnesota, traced his roots to his father who was a student at Carlisle. O’Brien is now enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes […]
This book makes a compelling plea for non-Aboriginal Canadians to undergo a process of reconciliation, and decolonization in order to fully participate in a joint healing process with Aboriginal Canadians. The text argues that non-Aboriginal Canadians must abandon the myth of their ancestors as peacemakers and recognized the destruction felt by Aboriginal communities throughout history. […]
Standing Bear, the son of a Lakota chief, has led an interesting life. As a student he was in the first class at Carlisle Indian School, witnessed the Ghost Dance uprising on the Pine Ridge Reservation firsthand, toured Europe in a Wild West Show, and was heavily involved in the Indian rights movement. Book Available […]
A history of the Pauma and neighboring Luiseño bands experience in the Sherman Indian School. The tribes were against sending their children to Sherman and fought for their right to send their children to local schools. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Pauma Tribe. Boarding School Era. http://www.paumatribe.com/history/boarding-school-era/
South Dakota is violating ICWA by abducting and kidnapping Native children and placing them with white families. The practices of the state fall under the category of genocide according to the UN’s General Assembly definition. A legal campaign is underway to have the children returned to their families. Despite the state’s claims that they have […]
Sandy WhiteHawk was adopted by a non-Native family, but eventually returned to her roots. She founded and is the director of the First Nations Institute, an organization whose mission is to help Native adoptees and those who were in foster care reconnect with their tribal communities and identities. Listen to Podcast Here Source: White Hawk, […]
The first part in the documentary asks U. of Minnesota students what they know about Native Americans. An introduction to significant Dakota words is presented along with the history of the Ojibwe and Dakota before and during European colonization. It briefly discusses treaties between the tribes and the US government, contemporary federal Indian policy, how […]
An op-ed piece stating the US should follow Canada’s example by acknowledging their government’s own history with forcing students to attend boarding schools. The article further elaborates that even though the boarding school era has passed, communities continue to feel the effects through intergenerational trauma. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Lauren Carasik. “Canada […]
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 […]
A document written from first person accounts by students detailing the lives of those who attended the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. Tribal affiliation and the dates a child attended a school are also listed. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Jon L. Brudvig. “Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute: American Indian Students:1878-1923).” 1994 and […]
The Thomas Indian School was founded by Presbyterian missionaries on the Cattaraugus Seneca Reservation in the state of New York. Parents send their kids out of desperation, seeing the school as an alternative to the poverty and disease many people lived in. Despite leaving bleak living situations, the students at Thomas encountered a new set […]
