Western Washington University Panel Discussion | Hidden Silence: How Does Education Shape a Nation?
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In this roundtable, speakers addressed the long-term impacts of residential and boarding schools for Native people in the U.S. and Canada.
The panel included Chief Bev Sellars (Xat’sull First Nation/Soda Creek First Nation), Dr. Hollie Mackey, North Dakota State University (Northern Cheyenne), and Anna Lees Ed.D., Western Washington University (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa, descendant).
Drawing on their own experiences, work, and activism, the panel reflected on the effects of lasting trauma and discuss efforts of healing and rehabilitation for Indigenous communities. A blessing and land acknowledgement was delivered by Lummi Nation Elder Juanita Jefferson and Laural Ballew, Western's executive director of American Indian/Alaska Native and First Nations Relations & Tribal Liaison to the President.
This panel sought to further contextualize the 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture co-hosted by Western Washington University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Friday, April 7, 2023.
More information about this discussion can be found at https://www.wwu.edu/hidden-silence.
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Western Washington University
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https://www.wwu.edu/hidden-silence
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Western Washington University Panel Discussion | Hidden Silence: How Does Education Shape a Nation?
Western Washington University
In this roundtable, speakers addressed the long-term impacts of residential and boarding schools for Native people in the U.S. and Canada.
The panel included Chief Bev Sellars (Xat’sull First Nation/Soda Creek First Nation), Dr. Hollie Mackey, North Dakota State University (Northern Cheyenne), and Anna Lees Ed.D., Western Washington University (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa, descendant).
Drawing on their own experiences, work, and activism, the panel reflected on the effects of lasting trauma and discuss efforts of healing and rehabilitation for Indigenous communities. A blessing and land acknowledgement was delivered by Lummi Nation Elder Juanita Jefferson and Laural Ballew, Western's executive director of American Indian/Alaska Native and First Nations Relations & Tribal Liaison to the President.
This panel sought to further contextualize the 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture co-hosted by Western Washington University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Friday, April 7, 2023.
More information about this discussion can be found at https://www.wwu.edu/hidden-silence.
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