This volume is the first of its kind to collect writings by students that were published in boarding school newspapers during the 19th and 20th centuries. The book details how these students created identities for themselves as writers and editors in spite of harsh boarding school conditions. In their writing, they challenged stereotypes about Native […]
This short, photography-based book features short articles by a variety of authors who write about the experiences of children in American Indian boarding schools. It was published by the Heard Museum, which hosts the longest running exhibit on U.S. Indian boarding schools. Authors in the volume include Frank H. Goodyear (Director of the Heard Museum), […]
This book, “The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma”, reveals how childhood trauma literally changes the wiring of the brain to constantly feel danger and fear. This kind of trauma particularly impacts the areas of our brain that are dedicated to: pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. The book is […]
This 1996 workbook provides specific tools, guidelines, and activities for those who are impacted by vicarious traumatization (a transformation that occurs in the human body, causing someone else’s trauma that you did not experience to impact you). Vicarious traumatization occurs when you help or work with people who have been traumatized, either in your profession […]
This books is based on more than 100 autobiographical accounts from Native American students who attended government or mission run boarding schools. At these schools children were forced to abandon their rich heritage and culture for a foreign system that sought to assimilate them into mainstream, Christian society. This book is filled with stories of […]
Indigenous communities in the United States and Australia are united in a common experience: in the late 19th and early 20th century children were forcibly removed from their homes and communities and sent to boarding schools away from all they knew. Despite the school’s benevolent intentions, students suffered severe trauma, particularly at the hands of […]
This book explores the history of Native American education from the early 20th century to contemporary times while stressing that diversity is a source of strength in education. The text provides the perspectives of Native Americans on issues of educational self-determination, rebukes stereotypes, makes a compelling case that the preservation of Indigenous languages is a […]
In this study Roberta Lynn uses two interlinking frameworks to address her own family’s history of historical trauma. The first framework focuses on six phases of unresolved grief over several generations, starting with European Contact. The second framework addresses healing oneself and then healing family. In this portion the author describes Ni mii puu culture […]
Children Left Behind: The Dark Legacy of Indian Mission Boarding schools is told by author Tim Giago who attended boarding school. Through this book he examines the relationship between the church and the government that resulted in the destruction of culture, language, and spirituality for Native American children all over the United States. Giago notes […]
In the late 19th century, American Indian Policy was heavily influenced by those who believed in assimilating Native Americans through education reform. These policies aimed to assimilate students through Christianity and the destruction of Native American culture through a compulsory boarding school school system. The goal was to make Native American students indistinguishable from Christian, […]
When Chilocco first opened, 100 students attended the school, culminating in 18,000 students from 126 tribes over nearly 100 years. The text includes the memories of students, along with pictures from the school. Book Available for Purchase Here Source:Brumley, Kim. Chilocco: Memories of a Native American Boarding School. Fairfax, OK: Guardian Publishing House, 2010
What is now Sherman Indian High School began as the Perris Indian School in 1892. Like other Indian boarding schools, Sherman sought to forcefully assimilate Native American students at all cost. Students had mixed experiences. Some suffered horrific abuse while others speak positively of their time at the school. Sherman today is the opposite of […]
