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A Colorado college reckons with its past — and helps students do the same

Durango's Fort Lewis College was once a boarding school that used severe methods to "civilize" Indigenous children.

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How Ute tribes in Colorado resisted U S boarding schools

A 2023 report by History Colorado found Native boarding schools cut children's hair, renamed them and punished them for speaking Indigenous languages.

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Will the town of Breen be renamed?

An unaware driver would hardly know they passed through Breen. The name of the unincorporated community southwest of Durango appears almost nowhere, save for a road sign or two. Even the community bui.

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Sarah Flower, KSUT Tribal Radio

Sarah Flower, KSUT Tribal Radio
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Dozens of Native American children died at Colorado boarding schools

Dozens of Native American children died at Colorado boarding schools
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