A book about the Sherman Institute in Riverside, CA was released with photographs of students during their time at the school. Co-editor Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert talks about his discovery of his own family’s history at the school during his internship. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Bettye Miller. “New Book Recounts History of Sherman […]
Members of the Rosebud Sioux tribe want the bodies of children who died while attending the Carilsle Indian school to be returned to the tribe. Two dozen Rosebud Sioux tribal youth traveled to Washington DC for the Obama administration’s first tribal youth gathering. Afterward the group traveled to Carlisle. Read Article Here Read PDF Here […]
A researcher is examining the role the Quakers played during the Indian Boarding School era. The intention is to shed more light on the issue so the Religious Society of Friends can reflect on how Native communities continue to be impacted by their boarding school experiences. The hope is that this will inspire other church […]
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 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 […]
