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First Alaskans Institute – How We Heal Toolkit

Hosting a community gathering? Interested in learning more about healing? Check out this toolkit created by First Alaskans Institute as a part of the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Initiative. The toolkit can help you think through the logistics of your next gathering and help you learn how to prepare yourself spiritually, or, it can […]

Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Experiences

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), […]

Miracle Survivor (Pisatsikamotaan): An Indigenous Theory on Educational Persistence Grounded in the Stories of Tribal College Students

In response to a history of erasure and low graduation rates among American Indian students, American Indian leaders drew upon a self-determination framework to rethink and reshape higher education. This dissertation by Iris HeavyRunner-PrettyPaint shows how these leaders sought to found American Indian colleges that could strengthen reservation economies and tribal cultures without forcing students […]

Exploring American Indian Boarding School Experiences by Jolene Bowman

This presentation by Jolene Bowman explores the history of U.S. Indian boarding schools with a focus on her family history and boarding schools in Wisconsin. The presentation is about 40 minutes long and features a historical timeline, information about different aspects of the schools, moments for personal reflection, and interviews with boarding school survivors. You […]

Racial Healing Conversation Guide

Created by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, this conversation guide is for individuals, organizations, and communities who want to come together to create a better world. The guide gives suggestions, optional activities and conversation starters, and tips to promote more respectful conversation, recognize the experiences of others, connect more with different cultures and histories, and promote […]

Re-Riding History: From the Southern Plains to Matanzas Bay

This curatorial project retraces the history of seventy-two American Indian peoples from the Cheyenne, Kiowa, Comanche, Arapaho, and Caddo Nations who were forcibly taken from their homes in Salt Fork, OK, and transported by train to St. Augustine, Florida by the United States war department. This action was completed under the direction of Lieutenant Richard […]

Spiritual Leadership in Modern-Day Native American Culture and Approaches to Native American Religion and Christianity

This qualitative study focuses on the modern-day approaches to Native American religion and Christianity in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN metro area. The spiritual leaders interviewed were asked about the varieties of spirituality practices in the Native American community today, the potential conflicts or areas of compatibility among these various spiritual practices, and the role of […]

Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center

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, […]

7 Acts of Native Resistance They Don’t Teach in School

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 […]

Fire Across the Land

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/