Recorded Webinar: A History of Native American Boarding Schools

Recorded On: 07/20/2021

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Webinar Description

In the 1800's assimilation was the government’s policy to work Native Americans into mainstream society. One of the ways was taking Native children from their homes and sending them to boarding schools. "Save the man, Kill the Indian" was the motto that was used by these schools as they stripped Native children of their language, culture and identity. Learn how the schools operated and what Native Americans did to help overcome the abuse.

This webinar is presented by the AASLH Educators and Interpreters Affinity Community.

Learning Outcomes

  • An understanding of the boarding school system
  • An understanding of intergenerational trauma in Indian Country
  • An understanding of policy leading to boarding schools

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RECORDED DATE: July 20, 2021

COST: $5 AASLH Members / $15 Nonmembers / FREE for STEPS participants with promo code found in the online STEPS Community

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This webinar will help organizations enrolled in STEPS* address Interpretation Standard 9 (New Workbook): The institution’s interpretive content is based on appropriate research which is conducted according to scholarly standards. 

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Heather Bruegl

Heather Bruegl is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and first-line descendent Stockbridge Munsee. She is a public historian, activist, and consultant who works with institutions and organizations for Indigenous sovereignty and collective liberation.She is a graduate of Madonna University in Michigan andholds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in U.S. History. Her research comprises numerous topics related to American history, legacies of colonization, and Indigeneity, including the Dakota War of 1812, the history of American Boarding Schools, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (#MMIW). Heather has presented her work at academic institutions including the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the College of the Menominee Nation, as well as at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for Indigenous Peoples Day 2017. 

Heather consults for a variety of museums and universities and is a frequent lecturer at conferences on topics ranging from intergenerational racism and trauma to the fight for clean water in the Native community. She has been invited to share her research on Native American history, including policy and activism, equity in museums, and land back initiatives for such institutions as the Tate and the Brooklyn Public Library. Heather opened and spoke at the Women’s March Anniversary in Lansing, Michigan, in January 2018, and at the first ever Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, D.C., in January 2019. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, Heather spoke at the Crazy Horse Memorial and Museum in Custer, South Dakota, for its Talking Circle Series.

Heather is currently is the Curator of Civic and Political Engagement at the Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. She formerly worked as Director of Education of the Forge Project, a decolonial art and education initiative on the unceded homelands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok in Upstate New York, where she organized public programming and events and led the Forge Project Fellowship program. 

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