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A historic photograph of an Indian boarding school building with children gathered outside History

The Indian Boarding School Legacy

Between the 1870s and the 1970s, the United States government operated or funded a system of Indian boarding schools that...

James ReedSep 16, 20265 min read
A language class in a Native community centre with elders teaching younger generations Culture

Reclaiming Indigenous Language

Language extinction is sometimes discussed as though it were a natural process, an inevitable outcome of modernisation and...

Michael ClarkSep 16, 20266 min read