Friday, June 13, 2025 – The U.S. Government’s liability for boarding school abuses

Two Native nations, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, are suing the federal government over what they say is mismanagement of funds related to Indian Boarding Schools. They claim the U.S. Government is on the hook for $23.3 billion by failing to live up to the Treaty and Trust Responsibility. Meanwhile, boarding school survivor advocates are concerned that years of research and narratives shedding light on the Boarding School Era have vanished from federal government sources. We’ll discuss the importance of these recent updates.

GUESTS

Vice President Tasha Mousseau (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes)

President J.C. Seneca (Seneca Nation)

Lori Quigley (Seneca Nation), professor and department chair for the Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy program at Niagara University and educational consultant

Samuel Torres (Mexica and Nahua), deputy CEO for the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

Amy Sazue (Sicangu and Oglala Lakota), executive director of Remembering the Children

 

Break 1 Music: Hindsight 20/20 (song) Cris Derksen (artist)

Break 2 Music: Shawnee Stomp Dance (song) Little Axe Singers (artist) Traditional Voices: Historic Recordings of Traditional Native American Music (album)