After more than a year of hearings, studies, and planning, the Army has set an August 8th date to begin turning over the remains of Indian children to their families and tribes. A Northern Arapaho delegation will travel to Carlisle to formally accept the first three. Little Chief, eldest son of Chief Sharp Nose, arrived […]
From 1872 to 1980, Seneca Indian Boarding School assimilated Native American students. Construction on Seneca Indian Boarding School, in Wyandotte, Oklahoma, began in 1871, and classes began in 1872, according to the Oklahoma Historical Society. Wyandotte, a town named to honor the Wyandotte Tribe, is about one mile south of U.S. Highway 60 and 12 miles southeast […]
More than 130 years after their deaths far from their homes, three Native American children will be disinterred from the Carlisle Barracks Cemetery and returned to their homes in Freemont County, Wyoming. The U.S. Army’s archeological team is scheduled to begin the project here August 8. These actions are in response to requests from the […]
Lucy Pretty Eagle occupies a prominent spot in the folklore of Carlisle Barracks and among the tombstones of the post cemetery. Her ghost is rumored to slam doors, rock the bed, turn pictures inward towards the wall, and tie the laces of tennis shoes together. Barbara Landis, who doesn’t believe in Lucy’s ghost, has worked […]
Several Northern Arapaho elders embarked on a journey to the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, PA to have the bodies of three Northern Arapaho children exhumed and returned to the tribe for burial on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The Rosebud Sioux from South Dakota, and several native families from Alaska also want the bodies […]
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Native advocacy groups file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Bureau of Indian Education for boarding school records but get no helpful response. Native Americans are frustrated at the government’s lack of accountability for hundreds (possibly thousands) of children whose fates remain unknown. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: www.voanews.com, Native […]
American Indian and Alaskan Native youth (AA/AN) experience trauma at higher rates than other youth in the U.S. This, in tandem with intergenerational trauma has led to substance abuse, mental health issues, suicide, violence, and chronic behavioral issues in Native communities. Mathematica Policy Research submits a report to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]
The Chilocco Indian School was established in Oklahoma and operated for nearly a century. While many consider the Indian Boarding School era to be an effort towards cultural annihilation, the author has students tell their complex stories from their time at the school. The interviews are filled with stories of despair and loneliness, but also […]
America’s dark history with residential schools is examined as First Lady, Michelle Obama, is set to speak at historic Indian Boarding School. Like many boarding schools, the Santa Fe Indian School was a center for forced assimilation instead of education. Today the school operates completely differently: it is operated by the 19 Pueblo Governors of […]
This book is geared towards young adults and offers first person perspectives of Canadian residential schools. More than 70 survivors contributed to this book, which includes archived and contemporary photographs. Book Available for Purchase Here Source: Oskiniko Loyie, Wayne K. Spear and Constance Brissenden, Brantford, Ontario, Indigenous Education Press, 2014
Canadian judge approves $50-million class-action settlement for survivors of residential schools after nine years in Supreme Court. The settlement was reached in May but requires the approval of the judge before the money is distributed to more than 800 residential school survivors. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Mark Quinn, CBC News, September 28,2016
