Today, we’re sharing an educational video about how Federal Indian Policy shaped Native education. By the early 1900s, education became more centralized under the Office of Indian Affairs ,the government cited census data around decreasing literacy gaps as a justification for Indian education, but English being the only language forced in school shows that “Indian education” was less about empowerment and more about assimilation and control. The harmful effects of these policies still echo in Na

Survivors of Canada’s ‘Indian Hospitals’ eligible for up to $200K under proposed settlement