Marsha Small used ground penetrating radar to find the unmarked graves of children who died at the Chemawa Indian School near Salem, Oregon. She completed this work as part of her research for her master’s thesis. Most of the children at Chemawa were brought to the school from tribal lands throughout the western United States. […]
Denise Lajimodiere (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), a professor at North Dakota State University is collecting stories from boarding school survivors that will be published in a book. Lajimodiere has family who attended boarding schools and hopes this book will help aid the healing process for survivors and communities. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Mary Annette […]
A history and the purpose of Native American boarding schools along with stories from students who attended residential schools. Many code talkers who attended boarding schools said the schools were run like military organizations, and this made it easier for them to adapt to US military life. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Edwin […]
A group of Navajo and people of European Christian descent who are members of the Christian Reformed Church, met to engage in an exercise designed to help them confront their shared history with the Rehoboth Indian School. The process involved examining the Document of Discovery (DOD). Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Chris […]
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is trying to gather information on how to have their ancestors who are buried at the Carlisle Indian School returned to them. The move towards having remains removed occurred after a tribal youth group visited the school. Upon completion of the trip, students in the youth group asked why they can’t […]
A movement to bring the story to light and find ways to start a healing process for Native American individuals, families, and communities is based right here in Boulder: the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS). The goal of NABS is to have the U.S. government recognize the role they played in creating […]
Boarding schools in Minnesota and the United States represent a dark chapter in the nation’s history. These schools were designed to disconnect Native American children from their culture, history, and language. Very little emphasis was placed on education. Students were trained to do manual labor. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Dr. Denise K. […]
Making its premiere on National Aboriginal Day, Historica Canada’s newest Heritage Minute explores the dark history of Indian residential schools and their lasting effects on Indigenous people. A family member is narrating the story of Chanie (Charlie) Wenjack, who attended Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School in Kenora, Ont., in the 1960s. At age 12, he ran away. He had been gone a week […]
Rosalee Talahongva, a former band student at the Phoenix Indian School is working to turn the former band building into a cultural museum. Patty Talahongva, a Hopi women explains the evolution of the school, particularly how attendance used to be mandatory before her generation arrived at the school. By the time Talahongva attended the Phoenix Indian […]
This article explores how the Navajo had a new nation foisted upon them via boarding schools where students were forced to assimilated into the dominant society. Photographer Daniella Zalcman helps tell the stories of survivors through photographs. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Luci Tapahonso. “For More Than 100 Years, The U.S. Forced Navajo […]
A chilling letter was found in a shed near Alberta Canada written during the boarding school era. The letter reflects the predicament many Indigenous parents faced: punishment or send their children to residential schools. Many parents were reluctant to send their children to residential schools because of the inhumane conditions children lived in, but they […]
A book about the Carlisle Indian School has been released, detailing the cultural genocide that took place within the school’s walls. One story tells of a child names Plenty Horses who was not accepted by his people or by non-Natives after being stripped of his culture and Carlisle. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: […]
