Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy

Sing the Old Songs: Part 1 (episode 4)


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Explore the systems of assimilation that aimed to eliminate Native culture in the United States, systems that began in Washington State. Travel to the Yakima Indian Reservation, where the very first assimilation board school opened, sparking the seizure of tens of thousands of Native children from their parents. Hear how one family rediscovered the songs of their ancestors.
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Growing Old: Tales from an Urban CanopyBy Tamara Power-Drutis, Colleen Echohawk, Katie Mosehauer, Lylianna Allala

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