it’s not about blame, it’s about responsibility
watched for class but a must watch for anyone who wants to learn more about cultural survival and stolen Native American children.
In the United States, the government’s systematic efforts to uproot Indigenous cultures through violence, resettlement, ideology, and education had adverse effects on Native communities and larger society. Among these efforts, Native children were taken from their homes and placed in the institutions (boarding schools) or with foster care often with Euro-American families. Until 1970’s, these efforts affected one in four Native children in the United States. Physical and emotional abuse experienced by these individuals and cultural genocide by the aforementioned institutions and foster-care arrangement are being critically investigated, discussed, and creatively addressed by Indigenous Peoples in various parts of the world, including the United States, in different ways.
it’s not about blame, it’s about responsibility
watched for class but a must watch for anyone who wants to learn more about cultural survival and stolen Native American children.
In the United States, the government’s systematic efforts to uproot Indigenous cultures through violence, resettlement, ideology, and education had adverse effects on Native communities and larger society. Among these efforts, Native children were taken from their homes and placed in the institutions (boarding schools) or with foster care often with Euro-American families. Until 1970’s, these efforts affected one in four Native children in the United States. Physical and emotional abuse experienced by these individuals and cultural genocide by the aforementioned institutions and foster-care arrangement are being critically investigated, discussed, and creatively addressed by Indigenous Peoples in various parts of the world, including the United States, in different ways.