"Away from Home" Exhibit to open!
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Irving Archives and Museum opens Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories January 2021
Beginning in the 1870s, the US government attempted to educate and assimilate American Indians into "civilized" society by placing children-of all ages, from thousands of homes and hundreds of diverse tribes-in distant, residential boarding schools. Many were forcibly taken from their families and communities and stripped of all signs of "lndianness," even forbidden to speak their own language amongst themselves. Up until the 1930s, students were trained for domestic work and trade in a highly regimented environment. Many children went years without familial contact, and these events had a lasting, generational impact.
Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories explores off-reservation boarding schools in a kaleidoscope of voices.
Away from Home opens January 28, 2021 at Irving Archives and Museum.
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Friends of the Irving Museum is excited to launch the Iconic Irving T-Shirt Fundraiser! For a donation of $35 or more, you’ll receive your very own Iconic Irving T-Shirt—a wearable piece of hometown pride. Every dollar raised goes directly toward giving the beloved Big State sign a permanent home in Heritage Park. This project preserves not just a sign, but a vital piece of Irving’s history and community identity. Click here to learn how to get yours!
