Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools Oneida demonstrating how it persists in

demonstrating how it persists in the contemporary context of neoliberal globalization

in her new book

A member of the Sac and Fox Nation

Anna struggles with her place on the rez

and lived experiences of Indian Country

Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools Oneida demonstrating how it persists inA sweeping and trenchant exploration of the history of Native American boarding schools in the United States, and the legacy of abuse wrought by them in an attempt to destroy Native culture and life. From the mid nineteenth century to the late 1930s, tens of thousands of Native children were pulled from their tribal communities to attend boarding schools whose stated aim was to "save the Indian" by way of assimilation. In reality, these boarding