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Indian Boarding Schools

VIDEO: Secrets of Holy Childhood Parts 1 & 2

This Emmy Award-winning video by David Lyden and Josh Monroe details the secrets of the Holy Childhood Indian Boarding School of Harbor Springs, Michigan.

REPORT: Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released its initial findings in May 2022 after a nine-month investigation into the fraught legacy of Indian Boarding Schools that the U.S. government ran or supported for a century and a half.

FILM: PBS's Unspoken: America's Native American Boarding Schools

Watch PBS Utah's documentary as it discusses the origin of the boarding schools, "assimilation versus extermination."

FACT SHEET: List of Indian Boarding Schools by State

A network of researchers from the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition compiles data about the history and impacts of boarding schools.