Opinion: It’s time to reconcile and understand the painful history of Indian boarding schools

Offering apologies is the least the U.S. government can do to help Indigenous communities heal from Indian boarding schools.
Iowa Public Radio

Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what's inside may be surprising

On a hot afternoon last summer, Riverside Indian School drew a crowd from all over Oklahoma. Elders and family members drove hours to pile into the residential school's gymnasium. They filled the ...
Yahoo

‘Too shameful to acknowledge’: Biden delivers historic apology for Indian boarding schools

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Gila Crossing Community School on Oct. 25, 2024, on the Gila River Indian Community. Biden formally apologized for the trauma inflicted by the federal ...
KTLA

Razor Saltboy and Beau Bridges Join Forces to Support Navajo Children with Back-to-School Shoes

NAVAJO, N.M., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 40 Navajo children at Crystal Boarding School will start the school year with brand-new shoes thanks to acclaimed Navajo singer- songwriter Razor ...
insider.si.edu

Changed forever American Indian boarding school literature Volume I Arnold Krupat

purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature. Hopi boarding-school autobiographies -- Edmund Nequatewa's Born a ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Compassion Story of the Month: Compassion nested in sister community Dine’ (Navajo) kinship

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The village of Birdsprings, Tsidi To’ii, on the Navajo Nation, is one of Brattleboro’s Sister Communities. At the center of this community is The ...