Boarding Schools - Part 2
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The United States’ boarding school program was designed to strip Native children of their culture by isolating them from their families and placing them into militant style, religious boarding schools. Our second and third episodes discuss two schools in particular, the Puyallup Indian School, located on Squaxin Island, and the Cushman Indian School, located in Tacoma.
This is part 2 of a 2-part episode.
Panelists include:
- Amber Taylor, Assistant Director/Collections Manager, Puyallup Tribe
- Brandon Reynon, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Puyallup Tribe
- Charlene Krise, Executive Director of the Squaxin Island Tribe Museum Library Research Center
- Nettsie Bullchild, Director of Nisqually Tribal Archives/Nisqually Tribal Historic Preservation Office
- Warren KingGeorge, Historian, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Learn more at our tribal partners websites and fortnisqually.org
Resources:
Tribal Websites
- https://www.puyalluptribe-nsn.gov/about-our-tribe/historic-preservation/
- https://squaxinislandmuseum.org/
- http://www.nisqually-nsn.gov/index.php/heritage/
- https://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/depts/preservation#:~:text=The%20mission%20of%20the%20Preservation,as%20the%20Muckleshoot%20Indian%20Tribe
Media
- Reservation Dogs
- 1883
- Indian Horse https://www.indianhorse.ca/en
- Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's https://gimletmedia.com/shows/stolen
Since Time Immemorial Curriculum https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/resources-subject-area/john-mccoy-lulilas-time-immemorial-tribal-sovereignty-washington-state
Federal Indian Boarding School Investigative Report https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/inline-files/bsi_investigative_report_may_2022_508.pdf
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