The Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center provides a wealth of information related to the history of the school, including photographs, student records, publications related to the schools (newspaper articles, magazines, and school pamphlets), lists/legers, and teaching resources. Categories are accompanied by a comprehensive search engine where the user can narrow down resources by nation/tribe, […]
Accurate Native American history and narratives are often missing in the curriculum taught in schools across the United States. This article provides links to several resources about Native American issues including the Indian Boarding School era, along with forms of resistance, such as investing in cultural and language revitalization programs. Read Article Here Read PDF […]
Brad Marsden is a residential school facilitator and suicide awareness and personal growth advocate. His blog has resources about residential schools including videos, news articles, and interviews. Access Blog Here Source: Marsden, Brad. Fire Across the Land (blog). http://fireacrosstheland.blogspot.com/
The free educational resources were developed by the First Nations Education Steering Committee and the First Nations School Association. They are designed for 5th, 10th and 11th/12 grade. The goal of these resources is to help ALL students gain an understanding of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada through a historic lens. […]
This site provides educational resources for those who are looking to teach students about Native American Boarding Schools. The lesson plans are broken down into three categories: preparation, procedure, and evaluation. The recommended grade levels for these lessons are 6-12. Get Resources Here Source: Niki Childers, and Gayle Lawrence. “Indian Boarding Schools: Lesson Overview. Library […]
The organization Partner Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) offered trainings to City staff around immigrant and refugee trauma in 2017. CLUES allowed ReCAST Minneapolis to film these courses and offer them as packaged video courses. These courses are now available online for City employees and community members! There are 6 courses in the series. To […]
This is a link to a professionally referenced academic journal, with issues dating back to 1982. Article topics include case studies, program evaluations, empirical research, unpublished dissertations, any other articles relevant to mental health among Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Go to Website Here Source: Journal: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research. Colorado […]
This compilation has links to a series of articles, stories, and photographs from the Indian Boarding School era. Personal accounts from from students, and a school schedule are also included. A general overview from the Indian Boarding School era is provided as well. Read Article Here Source: Louise Erdrich. Complied by Cary Nelson. “About Indian […]
This article is a comprehensive overview of the boarding school system in the United States. It includes origins of the school system, justification for forcing Native American children to attend school, cultural assimilation, and the eventual opposition to the boarding school system. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Sonja Keohane. “The Reservation Boarding School System […]
A curriculum on the history of Native American history, boarding schools, ethnic and cultural genocide, healing and reconciliation, and how to make a difference. This comprehensive educational tool is designed for educators and is a great resource towards understanding how history and intergenerational trauma continues to affect Native American communities today. The curriculum has information […]
Dickinson College has digitized materials available for educators to use. These teaching kits are available for use in schools, libraries, and other educational institutions to teach students about the Carlisle Indian School. The resources includes reproduced photographs, newspapers, and booklets dating from the years the school was in operation (1879-1918). Read Article Here Read PDF […]
A non-Indigenous Canadian explains how Canadians must take responsibility for theirs country’s history of racism and colonialism that led to residential schools in Canada. It is important that settler Canadians not only take responsibility for the history of residential schools, but also for the socioeconomic struggles that Indigenous communities continue to experience due to their […]
