National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

Overview
Headquarters: 
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Website: 
boardingschoolhealing.org
Size: 
1-10 employees
Founded: 
2012
Annual Budget : 
$100-500,000
Areas of Focus: 
Civil Rights / Social Justice
Education
Populations Served: 
Native American
About Us
Mission: 

VISION: Indigenous cultural sovereignty.
MISSION: To lead in the pursuit of understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma
created by the US Indian Boarding School policy.

Programs: 

NABS currently manages several programs. Following are some of our current programmatic activities:

  • Education – Research and analysis of U.S. boarding school records and impacts; curation and administration of online resource database; creation and dissemination of online and print resources highlighting truth, justice, and healing for boarding school impacts in the U.S.
  • Advocacy – Partnership with tribal governments to advocate truth-telling and acknowledgement from churches and federal/state governments about boarding schools; UN Filing on children who went missing at boarding schools (partnering with NARF and IITC); support for repatriation of remains from boarding school cemeteries.
  • Healing – Healing Voices story collection to help raise awareness about boarding school impacts and highlight stories of hope and resiliency; boarding school healing gatherings, presentations, and conferences; ongoing partnership with Native communities and national partners for healing efforts.
Why Work For Us?: 

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, incorporated in June 2012 under the laws of the Navajo Nation. NABS was conceptualized at a grassroots level at a national symposium in 2011 which included leaders of the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The Native American Rights Fund was our fiscal sponsor from 2012-2015. Today, we are a staff of 2 and a board of 9 with over 100 coalition members composed of Native and Non-Native individuals and organizations committed to boarding school healing. Come work for the only national Native coalition focused on healing our families and tribal communities from the historical trauma created by U.S. Indian boarding schools.

industry: 
Nonprofit