"Listening to Our Grandmother's Stories": Bloomfield Academy
Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham, Director of Native American Studies, University of OklahomaAmanda Cobb-Greetham discusses how the Chickasaws established schools a full 25 years before the federal government created schools for relocated Native Americans. One of the institutions was Bloomfield Academy, a boarding school for girls founded in 1852.
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"Listening to Our Grandmother's Stories": Boarding Schools
Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham, Director of Native American Studies, University of OklahomaAmanda Cobb-Greetham talks about how Bloomfield Academy was originally founded as a school for girls in 1852.
Indian Boarding Schools: Tools of Assimilation
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Grandpa and Boarding School
Lisa BillyLike most Indian children, Lisa Billy's Chickasaw grandfather was sent to boarding school.
Losing a Native Language
Dottie LydaDottie Lyda tells a story of being sent to a boarding school where speaking the native language and taking part in cultural traditions was prohibited.
Te Ata's Roots in Boarding School
Lona BarrickLona Barrick recounts the early childhood of Te Ata, who attended Bloomfield Academy with her sisters in the early 1900s.
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