In this article, published as a part of the Special Issue of the Journal of American Indian Education on Boarding School Stories, Dr. Louellyn White reflects on her own experience as a descendant of a Carlisle survivor and asks how narratives of boarding school change when descendants tell the stories of their own ancestors. Dr. White argues that when descendants’ stories and experiences are considered, narratives of boarding schools importantly emphasize the intergenerational impacts of the schools. She asserts that “stories passed on to descendants become our own stories, informing how we make sense of boarding school history and integrate narratives into our lives.”
PDF available here.
White, Louellyn. “Who Gets to Tell the Stories? Carlisle Indian School: Imagining a Place of Memory Through Descendant Voices.”  Journal of American Indian Education 57, no. 1 (2018): 122-144.
