Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Documentary Viewing
Euphemia Sue Franklin, Executive Director of South East Michigan Indians & Tribal Citizen of Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
This important documentary chronicles history during the late 19th and 20th centuries, across the United States and Canada when the federal governments habitually required Native American children to reside in boarding schools. Beginning with the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania (1879), the goal was assimilation. The motto was, “Kill the Indian to save the man.” There were 519 schools in the US and 126 in Canada. This film, from the victims' own voices, details the boarding school experience.
Location:
Birmingham Next