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Native America Calling: The U.S. Government’s liability for boarding school abuses
Friday, June 13, 2025
The U.S. Government’s liability for boarding school abuses
Two Native nations, the Washoe Tribe and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, are suing the federal government over what they say is mismanagement of funds related to Indian Boarding Schools.
The tribes claim the U.S. Government is on the hook for $23.3 billion by failing to live up to the Treaty and Trust Responsibility. [Complaint: Wichita and Affiliated Tribes v. Burgum]
Meanwhile, boarding school survivor advocates are concerned that years of research and narratives shedding light on the Boarding School Era have vanished from federal government sources.
Join Native America Calling to discuss the importance of these recent updates.
Guests on Native America Calling
Tasha Mousseau (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes), Vice President of Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, headquartered in Oklahoma
J.C. Seneca (Seneca Nation), President of Seneca Nation, headquartered in New York
Lori Quigley (Seneca Nation), educational consultant and professor and department chair for the Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy program at Niagara University in New York
Samuel Torres (Mexica and Nahua), deputy chief executive officer for the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, a non-profit
Amy Sazue (Sicangu and Oglala Lakota), executive director of Remembering the Children
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