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Throughline · May 15, 2022 · 55m
Kill the Indian, Save the Man
Throughline
The history of Native American boarding schools — where indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families and communities, forbidden to speak their languages or practice their cultures, and subjected to systematic abuse.
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Highlights
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Cultural genocide operates by destroying children's connection to their heritage — and America did this deliberately
The hosts trace how the U.S. government funded boarding schools explicitly designed to erase indigenous identity. The motto — 'Kill the Indian, save the man' — was not a metaphor. It was official policy.•
Intergenerational trauma is transmitted through families — the boarding school survivors passed their wounds to their children
The hosts trace how boarding school survivors — deprived of family bonds, cultural knowledge, and community support — struggled to parent their own children, creating cycles of trauma that persist today.Was this useful?