A new digital directory provides a search engine to locate Native American boarding school students and includes documents, photographs, and oral histories
To search by name, go to "search" in the upper left hand corner, on this page:
https://nibsda.elevator.umn.edu/search/s/3d16df2f-d957-44a8-963c-f468954cba39
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Launches Historic Initiative: The National Indian Boarding School Digital Archive
By National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, Censored News, May 21, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is proud to announce the launch of the National Indian Boarding School Digital Archive (NIBSDA), the first-ever digital archives database on Indian Boarding Schools. NIBSDA is a groundbreaking project aimed at preserving and bringing to light the history of the U.S. Indian Boarding School era. Over the last four years, NABS has been dedicated to compiling and digitizing records from Indian boarding schools.
Indian Boarding Schools hold a complex and often painful legacy in American history. For generations, Native American children were forcibly removed from their families and communities and sent to these schools, where they were subjected to cultural assimilation and abuse. The repercussions of this traumatic chapter continue to reverberate through Native communities to this day.
Through NIBSDA, survivors, families, researchers, educators, tribal leaders, and the general public will have the ability to access information that allows them to gain a better understanding of what happened at Indian boarding schools. This digital repository will include documents, photographs, and oral histories, offering invaluable insights into the experiences of those who attended these institutions and the impact they had and continue to have on Native communities.
"This initiative marks a significant milestone in NABS commitment to truth, healing, and justice," said NABS CEO Deborah Parker (Tulalip Tribes). "The majority of all Indian boarding school records are currently not available to the public, by making these records accessible, we are taking a big step towards honoring the history and strength of Native peoples and building a more just and equitable future."
In August, NABS released our latest research, identifying 523 Indian boarding schools across the U.S. This is the largest list ever compiled, and we know it is going to take years and the support from all of Indian Country to collect records for all of these institutions.
We invite the public to explore this resource and join us in our efforts to acknowledge the past and create a brighter future for generations to come.
For more information and access to the Native Indian Boarding School Digital Archives, please visit boardingschoolhealing.org/nibsda/.
Indian Boarding Schools hold a complex and often painful legacy in American history. For generations, Native American children were forcibly removed from their families and communities and sent to these schools, where they were subjected to cultural assimilation and abuse. The repercussions of this traumatic chapter continue to reverberate through Native communities to this day.
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| Pine Ridge Indian Boarding School, where Lakota families set up camp to be near their children. |
Through NIBSDA, survivors, families, researchers, educators, tribal leaders, and the general public will have the ability to access information that allows them to gain a better understanding of what happened at Indian boarding schools. This digital repository will include documents, photographs, and oral histories, offering invaluable insights into the experiences of those who attended these institutions and the impact they had and continue to have on Native communities.
"This initiative marks a significant milestone in NABS commitment to truth, healing, and justice," said NABS CEO Deborah Parker (Tulalip Tribes). "The majority of all Indian boarding school records are currently not available to the public, by making these records accessible, we are taking a big step towards honoring the history and strength of Native peoples and building a more just and equitable future."
In August, NABS released our latest research, identifying 523 Indian boarding schools across the U.S. This is the largest list ever compiled, and we know it is going to take years and the support from all of Indian Country to collect records for all of these institutions.
We invite the public to explore this resource and join us in our efforts to acknowledge the past and create a brighter future for generations to come.
For more information and access to the Native Indian Boarding School Digital Archives, please visit boardingschoolhealing.org/nibsda/.
This interactive map was created in partnership with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. https://boardingschoolhealing.org/digitalmap/The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is dedicated to advocating for Native peoples impacted by U.S. Indian boarding schools. NABS seeks truth through education and research, justice through activism and policy advocacy, and healing through programs and traditional gatherings, http://boardingschoolhealing.org.
--Contact: Joannie Suina, Ed.D (Pueblo of Cochiti), Director of Communications
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
jsuina@nabshc.org
Sherrie Catanach
(Pueblo of Pojoaque)
Communications Officer
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
2525 E. Franklin Ave., Suite 120,
Minneapolis, MN 55406
www.boardingschoolhealing.org
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