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

Grandpa and Boarding School

Lisa Billy

Like most Indian children, Lisa Billy's Chickasaw grandfather was sent to boarding school.

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.