Ex-boarding school for Native children owning up to its past Middle schooler Rarity Cournoyer stood at the heart of the Red Cloud Indian School campus and chanted a prayer song firmly and solemnly in the Lakota language — in a place where past generations of students were punished for speaking their mother tongue. Her classmates stood around her at a prayer circle designed with archetypes of Native American spirituality, with a circular sidewalk representing a traditional medicine wheel, crossed by sidewalks pointing to the four cardinal directions. Lakota language teacher Amery Brave Heart walked quietly with a small bundle of smoldering sage stems. Brave Heart — sporting a long braid ... Continue reading... https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/ex-boarding-school-for-native-children-owning-up-to-its-past/ Find in Internet Archives [google]Ex-boarding school for Native children owning up to its past[/google]
