As an education and advocacy organization, we strive to find resources that help us understand and address historical and intergenerational trauma on a national scale and to make those available to others. However, we know that there are times when our trauma is triggered, and we need immediate assistance. To address these needs, NABS has […]
We are no longer accepting nominations. Please join us at the annual meeting for board election. —– The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is pleased to announce a call for nominations for new Board Members. We are also accepting self-nominations. Nominations were due by August 15, 2018. Download the nomination form. The […]
We have a new member of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) Team that we’d like to introduce! Meet Emily McDonnell, the NABS Summer Intern. Emily is an enrolled member of the Navajo (Diné) Nation and was raised and educated in the reservation town of Kayenta, Arizona. Like many of her peers […]
We are looking to hire a current undergraduate or graduate student as an intern for the summer. The internship is a full-time position over the course of 10–12 weeks (400 hours). Beginning and ending dates are negotiable. Salary will be $15.00 per hour. As temporary employees of NABS, interns are not eligible for employee benefits. […]
NABS is looking to hire a passionate, mission-oriented, and qualified full-time Program Manager to serve in our Minneapolis office. Title: Program Manager Job Type: Full-Time, Exempt Location: Minneapolis, MN Job Description The Program Manager will report directly to the Executive Officer and assist with all aspects of running programs (research, tribal engagement, member engagement, et […]
NABS Welcomes Three New Board Members The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) held its annual membership meeting in Milwaukee, WI on October 16, 2017. Board candidates, Henry Cagey (Lummi), James LaBelle Sr. (Inupiaq), and Vance Blackfox, (Cherokee) were elected to the Board of Directors. Each member will serve a three-year term and […]
Carlisle: The Icon of an Era In 1879 the first American Indian children arrived at Carlisle Boarding School. The school would remain open for 39 years and some 12,000 children would be sent there for forced assimilation. This was the beginning of the US Boarding School Era—the federal government’s policy of dealing with the “Indian […]
Join us for NABS’ Annual Meeting NABS Annual Meeting: Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 Join us online or live and in person! Our Annual Membership Meeting will be held in Milwaukee, WI the same location as NCAI’s annual convention, Monday, October 16, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Central). Register for the online webinar. –Or– Register to join us in person. Our Annual […]
NABS is developing the Healing Voices Movement: Break the Silence, Begin the Healing a public awareness campaign to promote acknowledgement, advocacy, education, and healing related to the history and ongoing impacts of historical U.S. Indian boarding schools. We are seeking proposals locally and nationally from qualified artists, graphics designers, photographers and videographers to provide graphics and multimedia […]
The Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is working with the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) to file a submission with the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) to call on the United States to provide a full accounting of American Indian and Alaska Native children […]
