The System of Assimilation: Indian Boarding Schools

**Please note a slight change for this program.**

Our presenter Eric Hemenway will no longer be physically coming to the library, rather he’ll present to us virtually via Zoom. Attendees of this program will still come in-person to Spring Lake District Library for the program. 

From 1879–1983, the federal government operated more than 400 Indian Boarding Schools designed for Native American children. These schools aimed not only to educate, but to erase Native cultures, languages, and identities. Michigan was home to five of these institutions. 

Join Eric Hemenway, Director of Repatriation, Archives, and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Waganakising, as he explores the history of Indian Boarding Schools and their lasting presence in Michigan.