How can we heal the legacy of Indian Boarding Schools?

How can we facilitate healing from the legacy of the US Government's Indian Boarding Schools? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with the filmmaker of "The Thick Dark Fog" about one Lakota man's trauma and recovery. The Canadian Government has set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help people tell their stories and heal. There's also a commission in the state of Maine. What do you think the U.S. government should do to help native people heal from the abuses that they suffered in boarding schools? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Randy Vasquez, director of The Thick Dark Fog, part of the 36th Annual American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco

Marilyn St. Germaine, a member of the Blackfeet/ Cree Tribe from Montana who was sent to government boarding school as a child

Denise Alvater, lead organizer of the Maine Tribal-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Who should decide how textbooks are written?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about changes in school textbooks. The California State Senate recently passed a bill to add LGBT History to textbooks while the Texas State Board of Education voted to make major changes to the civil rights movement, slavery and hundreds of other historical events. So who should ultimately decide what children learn? Join us at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How would you decide what to include in textbooks? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Professor Salvucci, associate professor of history at Trinity University. She presently serves as Vice-Chair of the National Council for History Education and as a member of the Board of Governors of The Historical Society; she is a contributing editor to Historically Speaking.

Margaret C. Jacob, professor of History at UCLA.

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