'I'm still healing.' Boarding school survivors recount stories of abuse, trauma Ashley Hiruko Isolde Raftery
'She would hide in the corner and hope the rats wouldn’t get her' The air was smoky with welcome outside the gathering hall on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Isolde Raftery Ashley Hiruko
What hides in the records from WA Catholic Native boarding schools? Tribes may soon find out A spokesperson for Catholic bishops in Washington says the church has started the process to review their records of Native boarding schools. This comes after increasing calls for greater transparency from the Catholic Church. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
A Native grandma smuggled her grandkids out of their abusive boarding school. She hid them in the mountains One time, when my gram/Tupa came to visit, she waited for the nuns to be busy doing something else, and she said, “Get in the car.” I was 8 years old when we were taken to boarding school. Pam “Twoyah” James-Sinix
A 12-year-old boy was shot running from a Native boarding school. His tribe mourns him today This is the first in a series of stories KUOW is publishing on the Native boarding school experience in the Pacific Northwest. Ashley Hiruko
