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The Department of Interior held its third stop on a tour to hear from Indian Boarding school survivors. One of the department's goals is to create a permanent oral history of what occurred.
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Traditional storyteller and educator Kevin Locke recently passed away. Locke was a champion for bringing the gift of language to young children on reservations so their culture and history would remain. Wil Meya is the chairman of the Language Conservancy. He joins us to share his memories of Locke.
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The organization "Remembering the Children" is developing a memorial to honor the countless children who died while attending Indian Boarding Schools from the 1800s to 1960s. It will occupy the place where children who attended the Rapid City boarding school are said to be buried. The memorial was conceived with input from survivors, tribal leaders, elders, and spiritual advisers.
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A new documentary tells the history and stories of Native American children taken to a boarding school in Rapid City. Oglala Lakota filmmaker Jim Warne joins us to talk about his new film. His mother, Bev Warne, also joins us to talk about her own boarding-school experience and the damage boarding schools caused in Native American lives.
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Stephanie Amiotte appeared before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland.
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The Department of Interior is releasing the first volume of a report investigating deaths, abuses and other history associated with Native American boarding schools.Dozens of those schools were located within South Dakota’s borders.
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Native American war hero Marcella Rose LeBeau has made her journey to the spirit world.
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Beginning in the late nineteenth century, many American Indian children were sent away from their homes and families to attend government or…
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A 2010 law passed through the state legislature with the backing of Catholic Church lobbyists is being challenged in the state Supreme Court. The hearing…
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A 7th Judicial Circuit Court judge has thrown out a number of civil lawsuits against the Catholic Church that allege past sexual and physical abuse in…