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Three survivors of Indian Boarding Schools share the trauma and healing that has shaped their lives

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INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL APOLOGY
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Ruby Left Hand Bull Sanchez, Beverly Granger, and Amanda Yahdesbah Kee, from left, at the Denver Indian Family Resource Center, Oct. 30, 2024.

INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL APOLOGY
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Burning sage, or smudge, in a cleansing ritual at the Denver Indian Family Resource Center, Oct. 30, 2024.

INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL APOLOGY
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Ruby Left Hand Bull Sanchez holds a list of Rosebud Sioux whose bodies she and others are seeking to return home from the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. Carlisle was one of the largest and most well-known Indian boarding schools, where tribal children were forcibly taken, and stripped of their Indian identity and culture. Photographed at the Denver Indian Family Resource Center, Oct. 30, 2024.
INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL APOLOGY
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Beverly Grainger at the Denver Indian Family Resource Center, Oct. 30, 2024.
INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL APOLOGY
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Amanda Yahdesbah Kee at the Denver Indian Family Resource Center, Oct. 30, 2024.