HISTORY & HEALING 2024

“History and Healing: From Assimilation to Reclamation at Fort Totten Boarding School” will take place at Fort Totten State Historic Site, which served as a Native American Boarding School run by the federal government between 1891 and 1939. The workshop will take place at the historic sites with trips around the Spirit Lake Nation and Fort Totten Days Powwow. Our goal is to tell the history of the boarding school era, specifically through Fort Totten Boarding School and help you understand how tribal nations, today, are working to revive their communities and culture that the boarding schools tried to strip away. We will utilize members of the Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake Nations who were impacted by the boarding schools, former students, Native American scholars and experts who can address how the nations are working to revive their vibrant cultures.