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With both grief and relief, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe welcomed the return of nine children who were buried at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania 140 years ago. The effort took more than six years and was driven by young people from the tribe. It’s part of the ongoing effort to repatriate remains from the U.S. boarding schools that aimed to assimilate Native children.
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition; phone number –612-354-7700
24 Hour Residential School Crisis Line (Canada) – 1-866-925-4419
Guests:
Christopher Eagle Bear (Sicangu Lakota) – Sicangu Youth Council Member
Ione Quigley (Sicangu Lakota) – Rosebud Sioux Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Lauren Peters (Tanax Amix of St. Paul Island, Alaska) – PhD student in Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis
Break 1 music: Memorial Song (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs Of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)
Break 2 music: Coming In “Tewa” Song (song) Sidney Poolheco (artist) Heartfelt Songs (album)
