Students at the Tulalip School pose with two teachers in this undated photo. The school was a boarding school for Native American students. (Courtesy of the Suquamish Museum)

Today is the Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools (Orange T-Shirt Day). It’s a time to pause to recall the many ways our ancestors, our families and our communities were traumatized by the boarding school system, a project intended to erase our culture and ways of life — an effort many have called genocide. Please read the whole story in The Seattle Times by Suquamish Tribal Chair Leonard Forsman:

 https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/reckoning-and-recovery-for-loss-trauma-of-indian-boarding-schools/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1

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Mid-Terms Matter! Dinner & Auction at Kiana Lodge was a great success.

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