Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a more than 100-page report on the federal Indigenous boarding schools designed to assimilate Native Americans in the late 19th and the early ...
Indians embraced English for employment and enrichment, transforming it into a powerful tool for colonial resistance ...
In a recent letter, the Department of Education reassured tribal education leaders that Trump administration officials recognize the federal government’s trust and treaty obligations to tribes and won ...
Sean Carleton receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Jackson Pind received funding from the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada and ...
From the origins of the U.S., there was always “a concerted campaign of destruction” against Indigenous peoples for their lands and waters. Indian boarding schools were a part of many waves of ...
Did English suppress regional languages? History suggests otherwise. The expansion of education strengthened regional languages as well. Lokmanya Tilak (Kesari, Maratha) and Gandhi (Navjivan) launched ...
We take up our modern day weapons of choice, pens and computer keyboards, and charge into battle as we write our congressmen and senators to call upon the United States government to meet its ...
MISSOULA, Mont. - The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) filed a class-action lawsuit today on behalf of five Indian nations and 18 ...