Beginning in the 1880s, Indian Boarding Schools across the country operated with the stated goal to “kill the Indian and save the man.” These institutions were key to U.S. policies that aimed to assimilate native children by removing ties to their own cultures. This episode examines the history of the Boarding Schools that impacted thousands of Indigenous Californian children, specifically focusing on Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, Stewart Indian School in Reno, and Saint Boniface Indian School in Banning.
Speakers:
Tara Baugas (Diné), Dr. Kevin Whalen, Amanda Wixon (Chickasaw/Choctaw), Dr. Daisy Ocampo (Caz’ Ahmo Nation of Zacatecas, Mexico), Dr. Jean Keller, Dr. Samantha Williams, Dr. Katie Keliiaa (Yerington Paiute and Washoe), & Kelly Leah Stewart (Luiseño & Gabrieliño-Tongva).
Audio editing by Daniel Stonebloom / Interviews by Martin Rizzo-Martinez
The title of this episode, Colonialism Through Education, comes from our interview with Kelly Leah Stewart.
Music by G. Gonzales
Supported by the California State Parks Foundation: https://www.calparks.org/
Links & Further Reading:
Brave Hearts: A Visual History of Sherman Indian Boarding School
Recording of virtual launch of “Brave Hearts”
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
St. Boniface Indian School & Cemetery
Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories
University of Manotoba - National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Kevin Whalen, Native Students at Work: American Indian Labor and Sherman Institute’s Outing Program, 1900-1945
Jean Keller, Empty Beds: Indian Student Health at Sherman Institute, 1902-1922
Samantha M. Williams: Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival: A History of the Stewart Indian School, 1890-2020
Kelly Leah Stewart (Re)writing and (Re)righting California Indian Histories: Legacies of Saint Boniface Indian Industrial School, 1890-1935
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