Augustine, Charmaine and Jim are some of the hundreds of thousands of Native American children placed in residential schools since the 1870s. The United States government funded over 360 boarding schools which systematically destroyed native cultures and communities. The philosophy of the US Indian Boarding School policy was brutal: “Kill the Indian, Save the Man.” Discover how three generations of boarding school survivors and their families are dealing with the fall-out of cultural erasure and reclaiming their culture.
Building on Tainted Soil (2022)
Directed by Anneleen Ophoff
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Assimilation, Boarding Schools, Cultural Erasure, Cultural Identity, Kill The Indian, Save The Man, Native American, Reclaiming Culture, Residential Schools, Survivors, United States Government
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Building on Tainted Soil
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