Indian Country Today Journalist Searches for Residential Boarding School Survivors Stories

Indian Country Today writer Vincent Schilling just received notice from Viking Books regarding notice of acceptance of a book deal on his own experience and the experience of other Native people in pertaining to the Residential / Boarding Schools that have affected so many Native people.

Schilling, who had family ties in Akwesasne plans to draw upon his own experiences with his grandmother Madeline Chatelle (Caldwell) and Minnie Smith (Caldwell).

Shilling stated, “I am in the midst of learning this specific history as well as other histories of Native people with an emphasis on the Mohawk families.

So, in light of this - my request is: a call to Mohawk families who may wish to speak to me or may have information on my Tota. I am also reaching out to my own family folks in Akwesasne and many of the Jacobs family.”

Schilling added, “As well as anyone else who might just wish to share their stories. Please contact me.

Viking bought world rights to journalist Vincent Schilling’s memoir Unspoken: The Systemic Effort to Cut Out the Native Tongue.

Besides working for the news organization Indian Country Today, Schilling also cohosts the Indigenous online radio program Native Trailblazers.

Unspoken, Javelin said, is “a powerful family memoir” that uses the experiences of Schilling’s grandmother at a boarding school to delve into a larger story about the history of efforts to “Extinguish Native languages and cultures,” and today’s desperate race to preserve them.

If you would like to share your story as a residential school surviror or know of child who never returned home from residential school, please contact Vicent Schilling at: Vincent Schilling

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