This piece examines the questions of forgiveness and healing, particularly in the context of "is forgiveness the only way to heal from …
Health system should recognize intergenerational trauma, expert says
The Chief Medical Officer for the First Nations Health Authority is calling on healthcare practitioners to be mindful of intergenerational …
Psychologist says northern Sask. suicides a result from colonization, not mental illness
A psychologist speaking at a conference in Canada says a series of suicides in the Saskatchewan community will not be solved with outside …
Can Trauma Be Passed on through our DNA?
Science is discovering that trauma can be passed down to children and grandchildren through epigenetics. This prompts the question, what is …
Facing the Legacy of the Boarding Schools
A Navajo woman named Eulynda Toledo-Benalli shares her family's history with the boarding school system in the U.S. Her father was kidnapped …
Chilocco: Memories of a Native American Boarding School
When Chilocco first opened, 100 students attended the school, culminating in 18,000 students from 126 tribes over nearly 100 years. The text …
The Students of Sherman Indian School: Education and Native Identity Since 1892
What is now Sherman Indian High School began as the Perris Indian School in 1892. Like other Indian boarding schools, Sherman sought to …
Can the Army tell who’s buried at the Carlisle Indian Cemetary?
Graves at Carlisle don't always have the correct names, markers, dates of death, or birth dates. In the case of Earnest Knocks Off, he has …
A Century of Genocide in the Americas: The Residential School Experience
A Century of Genocide in the Americas: The Residential School Experience is a short but powerful documentary about how Indian Residential …