When:
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
Where: Kresge Hall, Trienens Forum 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
Nancy Cunniff
(847) 467-2294
Group: One Book One Northwestern
Co-Sponsor:
Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
Category: Lectures & Meetings, Academic, Multicultural & Diversity, Global & Civic Engagement
Join Dean Bryan Brayboy and Professor Megan Bang for a critical discussion on the Indian Boarding School Initiative's troubled legacy and its intergenerational impact. They'll examine recent findings on student deaths, burial sites, religious institution involvement, and federal funding of these schools.
Learn about policy recommendations for Congress and the Executive Branch aimed at healing and redress for Indigenous communities and the significance of President Biden's October 2024 historic apology for the U.S. Indian Boarding Schools program that sought to erase Native cultures and assimilate Native children.