Join Kerry Benjoe and Patty Talahongva as they share their first-hand accounts of being in government-run institutions; the Canadian Indian Residential School system and the American Indian Boarding School system, respectively, which were both established to assimilate First Nation and Native people into mainstream society. Learn how they survived and how they have used their unique experiences to help shape their journalism careers.
Now, they are reporting on this history at a time when both countries are starting to reconcile this tragic past. The veteran journalists aim to bring the First Nation / Native American perspective to this history − that's not taught in either country's public schools.
Presenters: Kerry Benjoe (Saulteaux/Cree), Editor / Co-Owner, Eagle Feather News; Patty Talahongva (Hopi), Journalist, Frontline
