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'Understand history, create empathy': Telling the tale of Oregon's Native American boarding schools * Oregon ArtsWatch

Native American boarding schools forcibly removed Indigenous children, enforced English names and language suppression, and subjected many to physical abuse and neglect across generations.

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Museums at Indian Boarding Schools Are Shining Light on Their Survivors

"My grandma was four when she was brought [to Stewart], and she was raised in violence by the matrons. She never had an opportunity to learn parenting skills from her parents. That experience, in my family at least, was the start of violence, alcoholism, and generational trauma. I have relatives who still will not step foot out here because our grandma was abused on a regular basis."

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'Understand history, create empathy': Telling the tale of Oregon's Native American boarding schools * Oregon ArtsWatch

Museums at Indian Boarding Schools Are Shining Light on Their Survivors

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