Indigenous Peoples’ Day Teach-In Keynote: Reclaiming Education Sovereignty Video
This recorded event from the National Museum of the American Indian captures a poignant Indigenous Peoples’ Day Teach-In keynote speech from Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Bryan Newland. Newland’s keynote explored the connection between boarding school research conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and efforts to support language and cultural revitalization in Indian country and the concept of Indigenous peoples’ education sovereignty. Covering the traumatic history of boarding schools and its continuing impact on survivors and their families today, the presentation is a poignant resource for all stakeholders in the field of education, particularly those working in direct proximity to Indigenous communities. Newland offers this important point: “This history is not just history. It affects peoples’ relationships today.”