Evie Blad October 1, 2020 For about 100 years, the U.S. government supported a system of boarding schools where more than 100,000 American Indian and Alaska Native children were stripped of their culture, their languages, and their religions and forced to assimilate...
School opening during pandemic considered a confusing, potentially deadly challenge for reservation residents. Mary Annette Pember, Indian Country TodayAugust 18, 2020 11:56 a.m. WASHINGTON — Tara Sweeney, assistant secretary – Indian Affairs for the U.S. Department...
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announced the Heard Museum is a 2020 recipient of an Award of Excellence for its exhibition Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards Program, now in its...
