There was only one purpose for the boarding school system in Alaska. In fact, there was only one purpose for the Bureau of Indian Affairs educational program in America. It was all about white power. White supremacy. Assimilate the savage Natives by force. The Inupiat people of our Bering Straits region, first subjugated by the […] The post BIA boarding schools’ devastating legacy continues to echo in Alaska appeared first on Alaska Beacon.