If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The …
Cheyenne Again
This story chronicles the journey of Young Bull, a Cheyenne boy taken from his parents. He is sent to an Indian boarding school where he …
Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904
General Richard Henry Pratt is best known as the founder of the Carlisle Indian School. His impact on federal Indian policy and education …
Civil Claims for Uncivilized Acts: Filing Suit Against the Government For American Indian Boarding School Abuses
This article discusses how, from the late 1800s through the early 1970s, the American government removed American Indian children from their …
“Removing That Which Was Indian From the Plaintiff”: Tort Recovery For Loss of Culture and Language in Residential Schools Litigation
Many former students identify the most painful legacy of Canada's Indian Residential Schools as the loss of First Nations culture and …
Unsettling the Lawyers: Other Forms of Justice in Indigenous Claims of Expropriation, Abuse, and Injustice
This article considers, from the experience of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement, the limitations of the current formal justice …
Dealing with the Legacy of Native Residential School Abuse in Canada: Litigation, ADR, and Restorative Justice
The recent flood of civil litigation suits filed against the federal government and four major Christian churches by former students of …
“The Lost Ones” Long Journey Home
The Lost Ones: Long Journey Home documents the story of two Lipan Apache children captured along the Texas-Mexican border in 1877 by the 4th …
Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences (Indigenous Education)
The children who attended Native American boarding schools encountered daily struggles and fought to survive in harsh conditions. This book …