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With the series finale of the hit FX show “Reservation Dogs” this week, several creators and actors of the series joined a livestream event hosted by the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) on Wednesday to discuss confronting the legacy of Indian boarding schools. The livestreamed event, titled “The Time is Now,” focused on advocacy around the Truth & Healing Commission Bill, legislation that would call for Congress to investigate the federal government’s Indian boarding school policies. In June, the bill unanimously passed the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and awaits a Senate accounting on the cost of implementation. ....
In what may be one of the most powerful and stirring episodes of the entire run of FX’s “Reservation Dogs,” the series this week took on the horror of assimilation “Indian boarding schools” — and attempt by the government in the 19th and 20th centuries to erase Native culture from the country. It’s another dark … ....
Folk tales burrow themselves into our consciousness. Like drifting dreams or stray memories, they become part of us, part of the way we understand the world around us. They’re stories we need to make sense of our lives. But they can also be, as “Deer Lady,” the third episode of this latest season of Reservation Dogs, reminds us, stories made up of lives that lack some semblance of sense. ....