Jill Richardson @JK_Richardson

Gifting this article on the atrocities of the Native American boarding schools. We should all take a vested interest in learning about the impact on generations, it’s devastating to think of the vast amount of culture lost because white ppl thought they knew better. https://www.nytimes.com/in...

Native American Boarding Schools Took Children's Culture, and Hundreds Died - The New York Times

New research reveals the vast scope of the Native American boarding school system, which for more than a century removed Native children from their homes and families in an effort to assimilate them. Students at the schools gave up their names, their labor and sometimes their lives.

10:06 AM - Aug 30, 2023