By the late 1800s, Native American culture was under attack. As westward expansion continued, the U.S. government adopted a policy to eradicate the culture, language, and spirituality of America's indigenous people by taking children from their families, isolating them, and forcing them to deny their heritage. The policy of assimilation transported the children to boarding schools for cultural transformation. Everything Native was to be stripped away. Their language, as their culture, was to be "unspoken". Explore the history and legacy of the Native American boarding schools in this powerful documentary.
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