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Host: Brett Maybee
Researchers in Nebraska have worked for years to find and organize documents from the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School. Part of the project includes identifying students who were buried on school grounds whose records were lost over the years. As the federal government begins its scrutiny of the country’s boarding schools, we’ll hear about what it takes to adequately uncover the truth about the 300 schools aimed at forced assimilation of Native children.
Guests:
Judi gaiashkibos (enrolled Ponca and Santee Sioux) – descendent and survivor of the Genoa Indian Industrial School, executive director of the Nebraska Commission of Indian Affairs, co-chair of the Genoa Indian School Digital Reconciliation Project
Terry Sloan (Diné and Hopi) – City of Albuquerque intergovernmental tribal liaison
Dr. Samuel Torres (Mexica and Nahua) – director of research and programs for The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Break 1 music: Ascend (song) Piqsiq (artist) Live from Christ Church Cathedral (album)
Break 2 music: Porcupine Singers’ Song (song) Porcupine Singers (artist) Alowanpi – Songs Of Honoring – Lakota Classics: Past & Present, Vol. 1 (album)
