Tlingit elders write boarding school history for future generations

By talking about boarding school experiences, Tlingit elders in Juneau are turning painful memories into sources of healing – healing for themselves and generations still living with the consequences.
The nonprofit arm of the local urban Native corporation is using those stories to create a K-12 curriculum that will focus on the impacts of colonization on the Tlingit people.
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Tlingit elder Della Cheney talks during a panel discussion on boarding schools at the “Sharing