“The Children of Charlisle”: Remembering Indian Boarding Schools

“The Children of Charlisle”: Remembering Indian Boarding Schools

On Oct. 4, Whitman College and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) organized the third annual Day of Remembrance, an event designed to honor the history of Indigenous boarding schools and their enduring impacts in the United States.  An additional screening and discussion, held on campus on Sept. 30, featured a showing of “Home From School: The Children of Carlisle”, which documents the Wind River Reservation’s jou…