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An Era of Removal
No American Indian family remains untouched by government policies of forced family separation. Prior to the Adoption Era (1940-1978) the progressive approach to America’s “Indian problem” was to “Kill the Indian and save the man” by shipping Native youth and toddlers to an estimated 500 federally-funded conversion schools and religious institutions (Boarding School Era: 1879-1978). This collective era of removal effectively displaced 25-35% of Native American youth from tribal communities nationwide by the late 1960s.
News Coverage
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival: Drew Nicholas, Sandy White Hawk - ‘Blood Memory’
The Trail 1033 - Missoula, MT
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2019
Radio Cafe - Santa Fe
Q&A with Drew Nicholas, director of documentary Blood Memory chronicling the past and present struggles of forced Native American adoption
Pittsburgh City Paper
ASU holds panel and preview screening for Native American heritage month
Downtown Devil - Arizona State University
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