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Hundreds of Native Boarding Schools forcibly removed Native children from their homes, families, communities, and attempted to erase their culture, perpetuating a genocide. The American Genocide podcast from IllumiNative, a grantee, examines the history of one school at the center of this history: Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Hosts Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee) and Lashay Wesley (Choctaw) navigate the story of both intergenerational pain and how communities are working toward healing.