Native advocacy groups file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Bureau of Indian Education for boarding school records but …
Addressing trauma in American and Alaska Native Youth
American Indian and Alaskan Native youth (AA/AN) experience trauma at higher rates than other youth in the U.S. This, in tandem with …
Chapter 4: The historical trauma response among Natives and its relationship to substance abuse: A Lakota illustration
This is a chapter from the book Healing and Mental Health for Native Americans: Speaking in Red. In the chapter the author, Maria Yellow …
They called it prairie light: the story of Chilocco Indian school
The Chilocco Indian School was established in Oklahoma and operated for nearly a century. While many consider the Indian Boarding School …
The sad history behind Michelle Obama’s commencement speech in Santa Fe
America's dark history with residential schools is examined as First Lady, Michelle Obama, is set to speak at historic Indian Boarding …
Why a Mohawk community chose to preserve a residential school building
Former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School becomes part of the Woodland Cultural Centre to educate on and heal the painful legacy of …
Residential Schools: With the words and images of survivors
This book is geared towards young adults and offers first person perspectives of Canadian residential schools. More than 70 survivors …
Judge approves $50M residential school settlement
Canadian judge approves $50-million class-action settlement for survivors of residential schools after nine years in Supreme Court. The …
Suicide and Trauma may be woven in DNA for Native Americans
Article by Mary Annette Pember on the science of ACES and Epigenetics and historical or intergenerational trauma in Native communities. …