Native American Genocide: Crystal Echo Hawk Sheds a Light on Indian Boarding Schools
glamour.comAs told to Crystal Echo Hawk is the founder of IllumiNative, a Native women-led racial and social organization dedicated to highlighting—and challenging—the narratives thrust upon Native American communities.
She is also the co-host of the American Genocide podcast, which investigates allegations of Native American genocide at a former Indian Boarding School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
In an “as told to” for Glamour, she writes about the legacy of Indian boarding schools and its deep impact on Native American communities.The first time I heard the stories, I was in elementary school, maybe ten or eleven years old.
My grandfather, always a man of few words, shared briefly with me that while attending the Pawnee Industrial Boarding School, staff washed his mouth out with soap whenever he tried to speak our Pawnee language.
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