Talking about the experiences of children at Native American boarding schools gets both Amber Morseau, 27, and Mark Freeland, 48, choked up. Morseau and Freeland’s respective great-grandmothers ...
From 1819 to 1969, the U.S. government separated Native American children from their families to eradicate their cultures, assimilate them into White society and seize tribal land. The following nine ...
Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a more than 100-page report on the federal Indigenous boarding schools designed to assimilate Native Americans in the late 19th and the early ...
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In a research room at the Pacific Alaska Region National Archives in Seattle, Denise Lajimodiere suddenly broke into sobs. Reviewing documents that illuminated her late father Leo's boarding school ...
Paul Kidson was an executive teacher and assistant head of a boarding house at Ballarat Grammar School between 2003-2004. Last week, police confirmed four students at Victorian boarding school ...
WHITE SWAN — Fort Simcoe Historical State Park is closed for the winter, its main entrance barred by a gate and its public buildings locked until April. But people are still coming, driven by a somber ...
Zitkála-Šá was eight years old when the missionaries came. Lured from the South Dakota Yankton Indian Reservation with promises of adventure, comfort, and an education, in 1884 the girl went willingly ...
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Clarita Vargas was 8 when she was forced to live at St. Mary’s Mission ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. British boarding schools such as ...