Boarding Schools /tags/boarding-schools Boarding Schools en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 21:12:21 GMT Nearly 1,000 Native American children died at U.S. boarding schools, federal report finds /2024-08-09/native-american-children-died-u-s-boarding-schools-federal-report A new federal investigation has found nearly 1,000 Native American children died while attending boarding schools created to strip them of their culture. The report, commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, calls on the government to apologize. Fri, 09 Aug 2024 21:12:21 GMT /2024-08-09/native-american-children-died-u-s-boarding-schools-federal-report Kaleb Roedel The Catch-Up: This week's highlights from KUNC's newscasts /news/2024-08-09/the-catch-up-this-weeks-highlights-from-kuncs-newscasts Each Friday, KUNC shares some of the most important stories of the week that was from its robust reporting on 91.5 FM Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:19:18 GMT /news/2024-08-09/the-catch-up-this-weeks-highlights-from-kuncs-newscasts Beau Baker, Nikole Robinson Carroll New History Colorado report details atrocities at Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School /regional-news/2023-10-15/new-history-colorado-report-details-atrocities-at-fort-lewis-indian-boarding-school A new report from History Colorado details the atrocities that occurred at the Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School. Tribal Radio鈥檚 Sarah Flower reports on the findings and how Fort Lewis College is reconciling in the wake of this news. Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT /regional-news/2023-10-15/new-history-colorado-report-details-atrocities-at-fort-lewis-indian-boarding-school Sarah Flower, KSUT Tribal Radio Interior gives $4 million to fund oral history of Native American boarding school survivors /2023-10-02/interior-4-million-oral-history-native-american-boarding-school-survivors The federal government is taking new steps to preserve the oral history of Native American boarding schools that were run by governments and churches. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:52:16 GMT /2023-10-02/interior-4-million-oral-history-native-american-boarding-school-survivors Kaleb Roedel The remains of five Native American children will be returned to living relatives /regional-news/2023-06-02/the-remains-of-five-native-american-children-will-be-returned-to-living-relatives The remains of five Native American children who died at a notorious Indian boarding school more than a century ago will be returned to their living relatives. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 15:00:00 GMT /regional-news/2023-06-02/the-remains-of-five-native-american-children-will-be-returned-to-living-relatives Will Walkey NEH joins Interior Dept. effort to document federal Indian boarding school history /regional-news/2023-05-01/neh-joins-interior-dept-effort-to-document-federal-indian-boarding-school-history As a part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Endowment for the Humanities will digitize records that document the experiences of those who survived Indian boarding schools and their descendants. $4 million from the NEH will also support a related oral history project. Mon, 01 May 2023 15:51:35 GMT /regional-news/2023-05-01/neh-joins-interior-dept-effort-to-document-federal-indian-boarding-school-history Murphy Woodhouse Children's book celebrates the cultural significance of Indigenous hair /regional-news/2023-04-11/childrens-book-celebrates-the-cultural-significance-of-indigenous-hair My Powerful Hair, a new book by author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Steph Littlebird, conveys the importance of hair in Native American culture despite the enduring traumas of the federal boarding school era. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:53:11 GMT /regional-news/2023-04-11/childrens-book-celebrates-the-cultural-significance-of-indigenous-hair Emma VandenEinde