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Dr. Theresa John performs with a dance group at opening ceremonies for a week-long listening and learning session on Native boarding schools at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in April.
Photo by Rhonda McBride.
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is traveling the country to collect oral histories from boarding school survivors about the abuse they experienced as children. At a stop in Anchorage, they heard from 20 survivors. Their stories will be preserved in a national archive available to the public.
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