Learning about Indian Boarding Schools: film, videos
Quaker boarding school documentary
Presentation from Paula Palmer, with Jerilyn DeCoteau and Jane Westberg. 68 mins
Presentation about Indian Boarding Schools. This link takes you to the VIMEO hosting of this 3+ hour presentation by: JoDe Goudy, Steven Newcomb, and Peter d’Errico.
UNSPOKEN Posted to YouTube, 57 mins
A moving and insightful look into the history, operation, and legacy of the federal Indian Boarding School system, whose goal was total assimilation of Native Americans at the cost of stripping away Native culture, tradition, and language. From Indigenous Americans Channel.
Our Spirits Don’t Speak English
Rich-Heape Films, a Native Owned film company, worked with many Native contributors to compile this documentary. An 80 minute-long introduction to the history and impacts of Indian Boarding Schools. The hyperlink, above, is hosted through Amazon Prime. LRR reading group link.
Several books and articles provide historical information, including work from Native authors and editors.
Learning Right Relations encourages everyone to join with Native educators, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), and non-Native ally groups to increase our knowledge about Indian Boarding Schools. To address this irreversible story of genocide, the US government is now considering creation of a “Truth and Healing Commission.” It would work for five years to continue documenting this egregious history, gather information to connect remains with families, and report on the five-year findings regarding their adverse impacts, and create better paths to healing. A reading group is currently sharing reflections of David Adams’ Education For Extinction (second edition). To join this reading group write here.
Away From Home - Inside Front Cover