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

The Importance of Storytelling

Lisa Billy

• Public Service

Lisa Billy received a history lesson that, to her, became a testament to the perseverance and grit of those who came before her.

2m

Grandpa and Boarding School

Lisa Billy

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

1m

Chickasaw as a First Language

Stanley Smith

Stanley Smith was raised speaking Chickasaw and did not speak English until well into his childhood when he began attending 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.