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4 months ago

'We survived, we are resilient': Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools

Federal Indian boarding schools removed Native children from families, causing abuse, neglect, death, and lasting trauma, commemorated by Orange Shirt Day and healing efforts.
fromConde Nast Traveler
6 months ago

Museums at Indian Boarding Schools Are Shining Light on Their Survivors

"My grandma was four when she was brought [to Stewart], and she was raised in violence by the matrons. She never had an opportunity to learn parenting skills from her parents. That experience, in my family at least, was the start of violence, alcoholism, and generational trauma. I have relatives who still will not step foot out here because our grandma was abused on a regular basis."
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