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Erased: The Untold Story Of Native Children In U.S. Boarding Schools

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Published: June 8, 2025 by VPR Producer

For several decades, Native families passed down quiet, painful stories about children taken, languages lost and lives upended. Journalist and citizen of the Red Cliff Ojibwe Tribe Mary Annette Pember heard them too, but it wasn’t until she went digging through church archives that these and countless other stories were brought to the surface. This week, we trace the dark hidden history of Native American boarding schools in a post-Civil War America.


Guest Information:

  • Mary Annette Pember, citizen, Red Cliff Ojibwe Tribe, author, Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools, national correspondent, Indian Country Today.

Links for more info:

  • US Indian Boarding School Healing Coalition: US Indian Boarding School History
  • New York Times: The Native American Boarding School System
  • Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
  • X: @mapember
  • Instagram: @indiancountrytoday
  • Instagram: @mary.a.pember
Program #: 25-23segment type: Feature StoriesTopics - American Culture and History| Government Accountability| Historical Justice| Human Rights| Mental Health| TraumaGuests - Mary Annette PemberBooks & Publications - Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding SchoolsInstitutions - Indian Country Today| Red Cliff Ojibwe TribeHost - Gary PriceProducers - Jason Dickey| Polly Hansen
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