American Indian boarding schools

Forced by the federal government to attend the schools, generations of Native American children were sexually assaulted, beaten and emotionally abused.

Thousands of Indigenous children suffered and died in residential ‘schools’ around the world. Their stories must be heard.

How much truth and healing can forensic tech really bring? On the sites of Native American tragedies, Marsha Small has made it her life’s mission to find out.

Native Americans demand accountability for a federal policy that aimed to erase Indigenous culture.

A 1918 letter sent a historian diving into the archives to learn more about its author.

It’s a story of U.S. misdeeds, but also Native resilience.

After the discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former school for Native children in Canada, it is time to investigate similar abuses in the U.S.

Tsökahovi Tewanima held an American record in running for decades, but his training at the infamous Carlisle school kept him from his ancestral Hopi lands

Indian boarding schools held Native American youth hostage in exchange for land cessions.

But they didn’t always oppose ripping kids from their parents.

As the first Native American Cabinet member, the Secretary of the Interior has made it part of her job to address the travesties of the past.

Haaland v. Brackeen could have major consequences for tribes’ right to exist as political entities.

Clyde Bellecourt taught Native people that colonizing society is weak because of its sense of superiority.

How white feminism failed Native Americans in the late-19th century.

Though the cruelties of the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy were unique, they were part of an American tradition of taking children from parents.

A case study in re-reading nineteenth-century delegation photography.

As a Native person, I believe “This Land Is Your Land” falls flat.

Over the past year, two prominent historians have invited readers to rethink the master narrative of US history.

While we may never know the full truth, we owe it to those harmed and killed to illuminate their stories.

The Lakota advocate helped thousands of domestic abuse survivors, Native and non-Native alike.