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Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press

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 […]

Native American Boarding School Stories: A Special Issue of the Journal of American Indian Education

Featuring articles of major scholars in the field of American Indian Boarding School Studies, this special issue of the Journal of American Indian Education provides new perspectives on boarding school research and scholarship. It highlights new findings about historical Indian boarding schools, provides commentary on how boarding schools are being memorialized in museums and public memory, and […]

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 […]

Childhood Trauma Leads to Brains Wired for Fear

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 […]

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 […]

Transforming the Pain: A Workbook on Vicarious Traumatization

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 […]

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 […]