How “The Great Hurt” a play written by a retired Indigenous artist and college faculty member about contemporary American Indian issues and the boarding school era, is being used to educate students and help communities heal from historical trauma. Non-Natives who saw the play mentioned they never knew the history of boarding schools prior to watching the play.
Source: Mary Annette Pember. “The Great Hurt’: Facing the Trauma of Indian Boarding Schools.” December 4, 2014. Indian Country Today. https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/the-great-hurt-facing-the-trauma-of-indian-boarding-schools-5NHRiZC85ESpkwhe752LhA/
