
Hidden History
Clip: Season 3 Episode 32 | 11m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
The hidden history of federal Indian boarding schools and its impact on the Narragansetts.
Rhode Island PBS Weekly takes a look at the hidden history of federal Indian boarding schools where indigenous children were forced to assimilate to white ways of life. Pamela Watts visits the new Tomaquag Indian Museum in the village of Kingston, which memorializes the troubling legacy of these schools and its lingering effects on the Narragansett tribe.
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Hidden History
Clip: Season 3 Episode 32 | 11m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Rhode Island PBS Weekly takes a look at the hidden history of federal Indian boarding schools where indigenous children were forced to assimilate to white ways of life. Pamela Watts visits the new Tomaquag Indian Museum in the village of Kingston, which memorializes the troubling legacy of these schools and its lingering effects on the Narragansett tribe.
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