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U.S. Reps introduce a house resolution that would make the week of September 27 to October 3 "National Week of Remembrance," which aims to honor those who were forced to attend Indian boarding schools and to recognize the experience of Indian boarding school victims & survivors.
New Mexico U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández Honors Indian Boarding School Relatives Ahead of September 30 Day of Remembrance.
Learn more about the federal legislation by visiting boardingschoolhealing.org/th…
This year’s Day of Remembrance T-shirt carries a design rooted in tradition, remembrance, and care.
Day of Remembrance Shirt available here: bit.ly/day-of-remembrance-sh…
NABS is seeking proposals from qualified federal lobbying and government relations firms to help move H.R. 7325 and S. 761 through the legislative process.
Learn more here: bit.ly/RFP-Lobbyist
Since our founding, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) mission is to support Native American boarding school survivors, descendants, and communities impacted by the federal Indian boarding school system.
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The Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is proud to welcome Nikki Santos (Coeur d’Alene Tribe) as our new Chief Executive Officer.
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, we are invited into a moment of reflection on what has been celebrated and what has been carried in silence.
We are grateful to our boarding school relatives who joined us in Billings, MT for the 20th stop of our oral history project.
Miigwech/Wado/Wopila/ʉra/Kúdaawóháa/Piwadaye/t’igwicid/Tlazohkamati/Ahé’hee’/Hy'shqe to all who joined us!
learn more here: boardingschoolhealing.org/or…
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NABS has compiled healing-informed resources for self-care, including crisis support lines and long-term trauma-informed care options for those experiencing trauma stress, grief, anxiety, or triggers related to boarding school trauma.
Full guide here: bit.ly/NABS-healing-resource…
NABS will be in the Snoqualmie, Washington area May 26-29, 2026 to interview Indian boarding school survivors. If you attended a federally supported boarding school before 1970, sign up below:
bit.ly/OHPsignup
Learn more about the project: boardingschoolhealing.org/or…
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NABS will be in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area June 22-26, 2026 for our 22nd and final site visit for this project to interview Indian boarding school survivors. If you attended a federally supported boarding school before 1970, sign up below:
bit.ly/OHPsignup
Today is Native Nonprofit Day.
Today, we are asking our community to come together to support boarding school survivors and elders.
Through this effort, we are raising $10k to provide 100 elders with care packages.
Support here:
bit.ly/NABS-givenative
#NativeNonprofitDay
We are working together to raise $10,000 to provide 100 elders with care packages and remind them that they are not alone.
$100 supports one elder.
Thank you for helping us show up for our elders with care and community.
Support here:
bit.ly/NABS-givenative
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The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) celebrates the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ historic ruling affirming NAGPRA applies to the remains of Native children buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School cemetery.
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Learn more about our pursuit for truth, justice, and healing for boarding school survivors and families: boardingschoolhealing.org/
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Dr. Ramona Klein (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) offers us a poem she wrote after sharing her boarding school story.
During Women’s History Month, we honor the strength, resilience, and voices of Indigenous women like Dr. Ramona Klein (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa).
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We invite Indian boarding school survivors and descendants to join us for an in-person Healing Circle facilitated by Dr. Gerry Ebalaroza-Tunnell (Native Hawaiian). This gathering is a space for connection, reflection, and community healing.
Register: tfaforms.com/5214976
🧡 NABS is thrilled to announce our new Oral Historian, Heather Purser (Suquamish).
Curious about who's behind our work? Meet our staff and board members here: loom.ly/fKNNIgk
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🧡 We are deeply grateful to our boarding school relatives who joined us in Denver, Colorado for the 18th stop of our oral history project.
NABS leaders joined partners from National Indian Education Association (NIEA) and National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) during Hill Week 2026 in Washington, D.C., meeting with national leaders to advocate for boarding school survivors and their descendants.
Together, we are raising awareness, pushing for truth, justice, and healing, and ensuring the voices of survivors guide this work.
Learn more about our advocacy work, by visiting boardingschoolhealing.org/
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