Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools Tiwa and a unique larger format

and a unique larger format

and it is central to many ceremonies

and tensions over “real Indian-ness” emerge

She's always felt there was something more out there

Accompanies the D(L)akota Star Map created by Annette Lee and Jim Rock

Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools Tiwa and a unique larger formatLittle Moon There Are No Stars Tonight was four years old when armed federal agents showed up at her home and took her from her family. Under the authority of the government, she was sent away to a boarding school specifically created to strip her of her Ponca culture and teach her the ways of white society. Little Moon was one of thousands of Indigenous children forced to attend these schools across America and give up everything they'd ever known: