This text-set provides resources that honor the stories of resistance and resilience during the American Indian boarding school era in the United States. Through oral histories, first hand accounts, poetry, fiction and multimedia, this collection highlights how Indigenous children maintained connection to their culture despite attempts to strip them of their identities. This text-set also provides examples of how Massachusetts used media to reinforce the inaccurate depictions of Indian boarding schools. Designed to be used with high school students, this text-set is filled with primary sources to highlight Indigenous voices, as well as works of fiction and other secondary sources.
