Dennis Banks talks about his experience at a boarding school and how these schools destroyed the culture, language, and songs of him and his peers and left communities with historical trauma. Watch Video Here Source: TelSur English. “How the US Suppressed Native American Identity. YouTube video, 2:45. Published [October 13, 2016]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFAQBUCNEtg
This public television special presents a Native American perspective on military service and sheds new light on PTSD by examining the emotional trauma of war through the prism of Native American tradition and ceremony. Watch Video Here Source: Western Folklife Center. “Healing the Warrior’s Heart.” YouTube video, 12:06. Posted [August 16, 2013]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=J1oTS6Fp624
A powerful video explaining Native American history, colonialism, and the boarding school era that resulted in intergenerational trauma. The video also addresses the resiliency of Native people with an inspirational message. Watch Video Here Source: The StyleHorse Collective. “We Shall Remain.” YouTube video, 6:16. Posted [August 21, 2014]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs0iwY6YjSk&feature=youtu.be
An Indigenous perspective on healing the mind and the body using traditional teachings and practices. Watch Video Here Source: Indigenous Wellness Research Institute. “A Return to Wellness.” Youtube Video, 13:25. Posted [November 2013]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wwnbIcjsyU
A half decade long research project to identify children who died at the old Rapid City Indian Boarding school and were buried in an unmarked cemetery has achieved success beyond the researchers ambitions — even as the scope of the project exploded into an exploration of the history of land ownership and racial inequities. Read […]
KUED takes a moving and insightful look into the history, operation, and legacy of the federal Indian Boarding School system, whose goal was total assimilation of Native Americans at the cost of stripping away Native culture, tradition, and language. Watch Video Here Source: University of Utah. “Unspoken: America’s Native American Boarding Schools.” Produced by KUED. […]
Circles for Reconciliation is a grassroots project that pulls together small groups of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Together, they talk very openly and personally about issues like residential schools, the Sixties Scoop and aspects of reconciliation. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Trevor Dineen. “Circles for Reconciliation attracting attention across Canada.” June 24, 2017. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/have-you-been-encouraged-to-take-a-leap-1.4172974/circles-for-reconciliation-attracting-attention-across-canada-1.4175035
