Upcoming Events
NABS 2022 Virtual Healing Events
Self-Care in a Time of Truth and Healing:
Healing Our Spirit, Creating Safety Within
Friday, May 20, 2022
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CT
with Special Guest: Serene Thin Elk
Moderated by: Deidre Whiteman
Join NABS for a timely conversation about holding space for ourselves and each other in a time of truth and healing. With last week’s historic release of the Interior Department report and the first congressional hearing on HR 5444 (Truth and Healing Commission Bill), we recognize that uncomfortable emotions and body reactions may come up. For that reason, this Friday, May 20, at 1-2:30 pm CT, we have invited Serene Thin Elk (Ihanktonwan Nakota) MH, LAC, QMHP, who is the Chief Behavioral Health Officer at South Dakota Urban Indian Health, and will share methods of intergenerational healing and self-care.
Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ Resilience: The Legacy and Impacts of Indian Boarding Schools
Thursday, June 30, 2022
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CT
With guests: Lenny Hayes, Sadé Heart of the Hawk, and Landa Lakes.
Moderated by: Candi Brings Plenty
Join NABS for a panel exploring the experience of two spirit and lgbtq+ folks in Indian Boarding Schools, those who have experienced the intergenerational impacts of Indian Boarding Schools, and the resilience of our peoples. Indian Boarding Schools were in large part designed to permanently alter indigenous understandings of gender and sexuality. In this era of truth telling, we must bring to light the way Indian Boarding Schools have shaped our understanding of gender and sexuality in Indian Country, and our collective path to decolonization.
Past Events
NABS 2022 Virtual Healing Events
Healing From Child Removal: Boarding Schools, Adoption, and Foster Care
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
2:00 PM EST/1:00 PM CST/12:00 PM MST/11:00 AM PST/10:00 AM AKST/9:00 AM HST
Moderator: Sandy White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota)
Featured speakers: Jim LaBelle Sr. (Inupiaq) and Dakota Hoska (Oglala Lakhota Nation)
Join us for a panel discussion on healing from the impacts of child removal. Native children have been targeted for removal from their families and Tribal nations for generations. The Indian boarding school policies were the first Indian child welfare policy in the United States. With the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) under attack in the court system, it's more important than ever that we educate about the long-standing legacy of the impacts of child removal from Native families.
Medicine for Self-Love
Monday, February 14, 2022
1:00 PM EST/12:00 PM CST/11:00 AM MST/10:00 AM PST/9:00 AM AKST/8:00 AM HST
Presenter: Dr. Rosalyn LaPier (Blackfeet/Métis)
NABS 2021 Webinar Series
Boarding School Healing: Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit
Healing Through Indigenous Mindfulness and Neurodecolonization
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CT
Presenter: Dr. Michael Yellow Bird (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara)
Situating his work at the intersection of decolonization and mindfulness, Dr. Michael Yellow Bird’s work seeks to cultivate healing by weakening the effects of colonization through Indigenous mindfulness practice, facilitating resistance, and opening opportunities to promote traditional practices. Dr. Yellow Bird has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1975 and has integrated this practice to support the healing of Indigenous people and helping professionals working with Indigenous communities.
Click HERE to watch on Youtube
Boarding School Healing: Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit
Indian Boarding School Cemeteries and Missing Children
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT
Presenters: Heather Whiteman Runs Him (Absaalooke), Marsha Small (Tsitsistas), Lauren Peters (Unangax̂), Christine Diindiisi McCleave (Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe)
Moderator: Samuel B. Torres (Mexica-Nahua)
Join us on May 26th for a panel discussion regarding the intersections between Indian boarding school cemeteries, the UN filing on missing children, and the call to form a federal Truth and Healing Commission on Indian boarding schools.
Click here to watch on YouTube
NABS 2021 Webinar Series
Boarding School Healing: Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit
Beyond Historical Trauma: Indigenous Traditions Lead The Pathway to Resilience and Healing
April 21, 2021
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. CT
Presenter: Nancy Bordeaux (Oceti Sakowin), President/Founder of Tawacin Tanka
Moderators: Christine Diindiisi McCleave (Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe) and Samuel B. Torres (Mexica-Nahua)
Healing the whole person, families, and Indigenous communities can happen whether you are a boarding school survivor or you have experienced trauma in other ways. What has been broken can be healed, what has been disconnected can be reconnected.
Click Here to watch on YouTube
NABS 2021 Webinar Series
Boarding School Healing: Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit
#TruthAndHealing: The Movement and the Commission
March 31, 2021
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. CT
Presenter: Christine Diindiisi McCleave (Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe), CEO, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Join NABS CEO, Christine Diindiisi McCleave, as we kick-off this year’s webinar series titled, “Boarding School Healing: Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit.” During this first webinar Christine will offer a comprehensive overview of NABS’s work, and will examine how we are growing into a new era of Truth, Healing, and Justice. This holistic session will also offer insights into the development and organizing behind an Indian Boarding School Truth and Healing Commission in the United States and how you can support and be a part of the Truth and Healing Movement.
Click here to watch on YouTube
To Learn more about our 2021 Webinar Series, visit our WEBINAR EVENT page
November 18, 2020
Boarding School Healing Virtual Summit 2020
“Healing Narratives: Past, Present, and Future”
July-August 2020
Boarding School Healing Webinar Series
Truth in History: Examining Indian Boarding Schools in California
Part 1: Understanding and Addressing the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools through Examining Records
Part 2: Reviewing the Records and Histories of Indian Boarding Schools in California
Part 3: Sharing and Contextualizing the Sherman Indian Museum
February-December 2019
Boarding School Healing Webinar Series
The 10-episode series will educate audiences about the history and impacts of U.S. Indian boarding schools and feature positive examples of how tribal nations are healing from the ongoing legacies of the Boarding School Era.
November 19-21, 2019
NABS’s 2nd Annual Conference: Honoring Native Survivance
Tulalip, WA
October 14, 2019
Digital Access to Dispersed Records: A Look at Native American Boarding School Records Live Webcast
May-June 2019
Independent Indigenous Film and Media Workshop
October 2-3, 2018
The Spirit Survives: A National Movement Toward Healing