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For More than 100 Years, The U.S. Forced Navajo Students Into Western Schools. The Damage Is Still Felt Today

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This article explores how the Navajo had a new nation foisted upon them via boarding schools where students were forced to assimilated into the dominant society. Photographer Daniella Zalcman helps tell the stories of survivors through photographs.

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Source: Luci Tapahonso. “For More Than 100 Years, The U.S. Forced Navajo Students Into Western Schools. The Damage Is Still Felt Today. July, 2016. Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decades-us-government-forcibly-placed-native-students-western-schools-effects-felt-today-180959502/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia