11:I[8479,["349","static/chunks/349-c9bb88602114b6df.js","173","static/chunks/173-8ffc04d433c3339f.js","865","static/chunks/865-f26eeb7d8a4ff1d6.js","444","static/chunks/app/episode/%5Buuid%5D/page-e9df19c6dc9fc3dd.js"],"EpisodeClient"] 12:T424,Federal Indian boarding schools left a decades long legacy of abuse, neglect and forced assimilation of Indigenous children.

Last year, when the federal government finally acknowledged its role — that painful history drew attention to a few schools that remain open.

NPR's Sequoia Carrillo and KOSU's Allison Herrera visited Riverside Indian School in southwest Oklahoma to find out how a school that once stripped children of their Native identity now helps strengthen it.

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NPR Privacy Policy13:T424,Federal Indian boarding schools left a decades long legacy of abuse, neglect and forced assimilation of Indigenous children.

Last year, when the federal government finally acknowledged its role — that painful history drew attention to a few schools that remain open.

NPR's Sequoia Carrillo and KOSU's Allison Herrera visited Riverside Indian School in southwest Oklahoma to find out how a school that once stripped children of their Native identity now helps strengthen it.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your co

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