Truth, Trauma, and Transformation: The Legacy of Native Boarding Schools and Paths to Healing
Carroll College invites the campus and the Helena community to a special presentation on the history of boarding schools and the illuminating effects of government and faith-based Indian Residential Boarding Schools.
The event will begin with a welcome from Dr. Cherith Smith Sičáŋǧu Lakota Oyate of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Piikani Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
A panel and community dialogue, along with a live podcast, will follow the presentation.
Free and open to the public.
Brought to you by the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council and Carroll College Academic Affairs.
Agenda
Lower Campus Center
- 2:00-2:00 p.m. — Welcome (President Głowienka) and Prayers (Bishop Vetter & Josiah Hugs)
- 2:20-2:25 p.m. — Introduction to Dr. Cherith Smith Sičáŋǧu Lakota Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) and Piikani Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy
- 2:25 - 3:15 p.m. — Presentation: History of Boarding Schools illuminating effects of government and faith-based Indian Residential Boarding Schools
- 3:15-3:30 p.m. — Break
- 3:30-5:00 p.m. — Panel and community dialogue with panelists Dr. Cherith Smith, Josiah Hugs (Apsaalooke), Noel TwoLeggins, Bishop Austin Vetter (Diocese of Helena), Dr. Joseph Esperanza (Catholic Studies, Carroll College)
Upper Campus Center
- 5:00-6:00 p.m. — Meal at Sodexo w/indigenous food sampling and education
- 6:00-6:15 p.m. — Transition to live podcast
- 6:15-7:15 p.m. — Live podcast. Podcast team includes Josiah Hugs, Kevin Sandoval, Noel TwoLeggins, Dr. Alan Hanson (Carroll College Communication Professor)
