1m 30s

"Listening to Our Grandmother's Stories": Boarding Schools

Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham, Director of Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma

• Education & Community

Amanda Cobb-Greetham talks about how Bloomfield Academy was originally founded as a school for girls in 1852.

2m 30s

"Listening to Our Grandmother's Stories": Bloomfield Academy

Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham, Director of Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma

• Education & Community

Amanda Cobb-Greetham talks about how the Chickasaw established schools 25 years before the federal government set up schools for the Indians.

2m

Indian Boarding Schools: Tools of Assimilation

Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham, Director of Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma

• Education & Community

Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham describes the U.S. government's plan to, in essence, re-program American Indian children.

2m

The Importance of Storytelling

Lisa Billy

• Public Service

Lisa Billy received a history lesson that, to her, became a testament to the perseverance and grit of those who came before her.

2m 30s

Losing a Native Language

Dottie Lyda

Dottie Lyda tells a story of being sent to a boarding school where speaking the native language and taking part in cultural traditions was prohibited.

2m

Te Ata's Roots in Boarding School

Lona Barrick

• Historic Figures

Lona Barrick recounts the early childhood of Te Ata, who attended Bloomfield Academy with her sisters in the early 1900s.

16m

Survival of the Chickasaw Language and Culture

The Boarding School Era

The 1800s demonstrated a period of change and adaptability for Native Americans.