The U.S. Department of the Interior - under Secretary Deb Haaland - is opening investigations into abuse and inhumanity at hundreds of boarding schools for Native American children in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today we explore the legacy of these boarding schools in Michigan, and what’s being done to revive and reteach Anishinaabek language here.

 

GUESTS:

Netawn Kiogima, language specialist at Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians

Eric Hemenway, director of archives and records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

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