A New Online Tool Will Let Native Americans Search for Relatives Who Attended Indian Boarding Schools
May 08, 2023 08:49AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: “We see it as a way to reveal the truth about Indian boarding schools and the lasting legacies that these schools have affected,” said NABS director of digital archives, Stephen Curley (Diné) (Photo: Jenna Kunze).
By JENNA KUNZE - Native News Online - May 8, 2023
By JENNA KUNZE - Native News Online - May 8, 2023
The Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) plans to launch a website this summer that will allow Native Americans to search for information on relatives who attended Indian boarding schools.
The digital archive repository and research tool will launch with nearly 50,000 records from a federal archive and, over time, integrate records from other Indian boarding school databases developed by private, nonprofit and governmental organizations.
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