The site of the Stewart Indian School is opening up a museum and cultural center in the spring of 2019. The Nevada Indian Commission formed a cultural advisory committee with school alumni and their descendants to gather testimonies, and hired researchers and Native artists to help with the exhibits. For many, the Stewart Indian School […]
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 […]
Many students at Carlisle were “loaned out” to white families to work as cheap labor in what were called ‘Outings’. Deaths occurred through illness or injury and were not always recorded. Additionally, students were not always buried in unmarked graves. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is searching for missing students. One […]
The First Alaskans Institute and the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) are collaborating on a film that focuses on the interviews of boarding school survivors. They trained youth reporters in the art of creating film, as well as educating them on the history and impacts of boarding schools. The youth will have […]
Unlike many Native American tribes the Pueblo had a vastly different experience. While many parents were usually defenseless against government-run boarding schools, the Pueblo were able to exert power and influence, largely having control over the curriculum and school programs. School officials were powerless, as they were competing with nearby Catholic schools for students. As […]
The driving force behind Carlisle Indian School and the education of Native Americans in boarding schools was Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt believed educating Native Americans was more humane than killing them, and through education Native children would come to accept dominant society’s values. Thousands of children attended Carlisle or other boarding schools across the United […]
Mary Kininnook died three days after her 14th birthday. Her burial location is unknown, but she is likely in one of the graves marked “unknown.” Tribal elders want to find and return her remains, but US army officials say they will not disturb the graves marked “unknown.” Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Jeff […]
Dickinson College has digitized materials available for educators to use. These teaching kits are available for use in schools, libraries, and other educational institutions to teach students about the Carlisle Indian School. The resources includes reproduced photographs, newspapers, and booklets dating from the years the school was in operation (1879-1918). Read Article Here Read PDF […]
The history of the removal of Native American children who were forced to attend boarding schools. Children continued to be removed due to living in “unfit households” with “unfit mothers” until the passaged of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Becky Little. “Government Boarding Schools Once Separated Native […]
An article explaining the similarities of the current President’s policy of removing children from their families to the boarding school era and the Orphan Trains. The administration continues to defend this policy, saying they are following the law. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Charles P. Pierce. “It’s Not About the Law, Unless You […]
A video about the experience of boarding school survivor Margert Pokiak-Fenton. The video is set to “Say your name” by Keith Secola and features images from the books “Fatty Legs” and “Stranger at Home.” Watch Video Here Source: The Ndn Kar. “Say Your Name- Keith Secola.” YouTube video, 3:42. Posted [November, 9, 2012]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eReBSbN-4lE
Several male members of the Hopi tribe were held in Alcatraz in San Francisco. Considered to be “hostiles” because they would not conform to the ways of living the government wanted, including the opposition of sending their children to boarding schools, the men were imprisoned. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Craig Glassner. “From […]
