OPINION: Boarding school photos speak timeless truths
This editorial was published in the Yakima Herald-Republic.
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This editorial was published in the Yakima Herald-Republic.
This editorial was published in the Yakima Herald-Republic.
The first thing you notice in the faded photographs from the old Fort Simcoe boarding school for Native children is that no one ever seems to be smiling.
The six Indigenous girls stand side by side, all wearing identical loose dresses of striped fabric, with diagonally folded cloth scarves covering their heads. A few wear beaded necklaces; one
The six Indigenous girls stand side by side, all wearing identical loose dresses of striped fabric, with diagonally folded cloth scarves covering their heads. A few wear beaded necklaces; one