Oct. 4, 2023: Colorado’s Indian boarding schools were places of hard labor and indoctrination

For the last year, Colorado has investigated historical Indian boarding schools here, led by State Archaeologist Holly Norton. These dehumanizing, sometimes deadly, institutions were part of a broader, but fortunately unsuccessful, campaign to erase Indigenous identities. Ryan Warner speaks with Norton about the importance of Colorado acknowledging this history and what comes next. Also, the president of the Navajo Nation, Buu Nygren, reacts to the report.