We discuss Native American "boarding schools" and the renewed effort to investigate what happened at these federally funded "schools." Our new Secretary of Interior has made this a priority and we talk about why is it important that all Americans know the history of these "schools" and the sit with what is owed to Indigenous people. We also walk some things into the wildfires raging in Europe LOL.

Buried Headline:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-administration-review-native-american-boarding-schools-dark-history-n1272082?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

Sources:

  1. Florida's Dozier School For Boys: A True Horror Story https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162941770/floridas-dozier-school-for-boys-a-true-horror-story
  2. Indigenous Reform School https://daily.jstor.org/life-in-indigenous-boarding-schools/?utm_term=life-in-indigenous-boarding-schools&utm_campaign=jstordaily_08052021&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email
  3. Colson Whitehead: The Nickel Boys
  4. JSTOR Constructing Meaning to the Indian Boarding School Experience by Stephen Colmant, Lahoma Schultz, Rockey Robbins, Peter Ciali, Julie Dorton and Yvette Rivera-Colmant
  5. Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 43, No. 3 (2004), pp. 22-40