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Beyond ‘A Native Niche’


October 3, 2011

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St. Michael students, from left, Brooke Overturf, Symone Saracino and Jennifer Yazzie conducted interviews with parents, grandparents and other relatives who attended Indian boarding schools.

For more on Dickinson’s connection to the Carlisle Industrial Indian School, read “Carlisle Connections,” Reconstructing Lives” and “The Last Living Link.” In addition, two years ago a group of Lipan Apaches traveled to Carlisle to stage a ceremony of blessing for two relatives who, 130 years earlier, had been removed from their family and taken to the Indian School. 

You can also read "A Native Niche" in this issue.