Two young brothers are separated from their family and sent to live in a government-run Indian residential school in the 1930s--an experience shared by generations of Native American children throughout North America. At these schools, children were forbidden to speak their Indian languages and made to unlearn their Indian ways. Sadly, they were often not able to go home to their families for summer vacation. Native American artist Judith Lowry based this story on the experiences of her father and her Uncle Stanley. Judith and author Chiori Santiago tenderly relate how Stanley and Benny Len...
Two young brothers are separated from their family and sent to live in a government-run Indian residential school in the 1930s--an experience shared b...