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Voices from the boarding schools: Direct quotes from superintendents, teachers, students, the Supreme Court, and special reports to the Secretary of the Interior

Historical records about Indian boarding schools – forced re-education and labor camps – are abundant. Superintendents had to write reports to superiors every year, and these were passed on to the Secretary of the Interior. Today, Secretary Deb Haaland’s call … Continue reading

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On this date… May 12, 1879… Nebraska

On this date in 1879, a US judge declared that “an Indian is a person” and may not be imprisoned (so long as they renounce their Indian ways). Following two decades of some of the most genocidal “extermination” policies, the … Continue reading

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