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Generations Stolen | Indian Boarding Schools

Denise Lajimodiere (Ojibwe) talks about the traumatic history of Indian boarding schools.

Aired 06/26/2023 | Rating TV-PG

Local, USA

Generations Stolen | Indian Boarding Schools

Clip: Season 7 Episode 5 | 51sVideo has Closed Captions

Denise Lajimodiere (Ojibwe) talks about the traumatic history of Indian boarding schools.

Denise Lajimodiere (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe) talks about the history of the off-reservation Native/Indian boarding schools and the generational trauma they created for the survivors and their loved ones. She also shares how the schools affected her own family as her father and her grandfather were sent to Fort Totten Indian Industrial School in North Dakota.

Aired 06/26/2023 | Rating TV-PG

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Native communities work to overcome trauma from government policies separating families. (30s)

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