Last week, Fort Lewis College held a closing ceremony for an art exhibit. “As Seeds, We Grow” featured Native-made art focused on Indian boarding schools. Fort Lewis was an Indian boarding school from 1891-1910.
A second report from History Colorado on research into federal Indian boarding schools and potential grave sites was presented in December to the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs with inconclusiv.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary, released the first part of the department’s report on federal Indian Boarding Schools.
A report detailing the federal government’s Indian boarding school system, including one school in Grand Junction, has been released showing how the schools negatively affected tribal culture in the U.S.
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