Sweetwater Nannauck was helping her ill father when she heard the story of his boarding school experience. As she listened to him, his pain …
Sexual Trauma: One Legacy of the Boarding School Era-Ruth Hopkins
Pre-1900 25 off reservation boarding schools were established that housed 10,000 students. By the end of the Boarding School Era, over …
Americanizing the American Indian: Writings by the “Friends of the Indian,” 1880-1900
In the late 19th century, American Indian Policy was heavily influenced by those who believed in assimilating Native Americans through …
Indigenous Peoples and Boarding School: A Comparative Study
At its sixth session, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recommended that an expert undertake a comparative study on …
Tim Giago: Indian Country Still Suffering from Boarding School Era
Indian boarding schools were one of the cruelest experiments inflicted upon Native American communities across the United States. In most …
Signs of Your Identity: Forced Assimilation Education For Indigenous Youth
This article not only explains the history of the residential school system in the United States, but also in Canada, New Zealand, and …
Working to heal the wounds of boarding school
Stories, memories, and research from the traumatic boarding school era were discussed at the Third Permanent U.N. Forum on Indigenous Issues …
American Indian Boarding Schools: An Exploration of Global Ethnic and Cultural Cleansing
A curriculum on the history of Native American history, boarding schools, ethnic and cultural genocide, healing and reconciliation, and how …
Study finds trauma effects may linger in body chemistry of next generation
New research on survivors of the Holocaust shows how catastrophic events can alter our body chemistry, and how these changes can transmit to …