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As Native American boarding schools project ends, survivors describe feeling honored and restored
More than 360 Indigenous survivors shared testimony, and the videos will be preserved at the Library of Congress for public access.
- On Friday, the Minnesota-based National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition wrapped up an oral history project in Tulsa, Oklahoma, documenting systemic abuse Indigenous survivors endured in government-run schools.
- Government policies of forced assimilation beginning in the 1800s led to reports of nearly 1,000 Native children buried at 65 school sites, prompting former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to lead the Road to Healing tour.
- Historians collected video testimony from more than 360 Indigenous survivors in 19 states for the Library of Congress, while the project evolved to include licensed clinical therapists and mandatory 'quiet rooms' for decompressing survivors.
- Survivors like 81-year-old Gene Bozicic and 74-year-old Iona Mad Plume described finding 'closure' and renewed pride through the interviews, with Mad Plume stating she 'can't emphasize enough' how healing the experience proved.
- Acknowledging the team is 'just scratching the surface' regarding intergenerational effects, Oral History Program Co-director Charlee Brissette confirmed a more inclusive future iteration of the project is in development.
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Hundreds of Indigenous people have testified. They’ve sobbed, cursed and laughed in spite of it all. Many told stories about their time in boarding schools that they’ve kept inside for decades, finally able to begin recovering from childhood trauma. An oral history project led by the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is wrapping up in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday. To date, the nonprofit’s historians have collected video tes…
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As Native American boarding schools project ends, survivors describe feeling honored and restored
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is wrapping up an oral history project in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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