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Boarding Schools is a song by Lyla June, about overcoming the oppression of boarding schools, and rising above with love and empowerment.
For over 150 years, hundreds of thousands of Native children were taken or coerced away from their families and Tribes and forced to attend government- and religious-run Indian
boarding schools.
Survivors of Indian boarding schools have described physical, sexual, psychological, and spiritual abuse and neglect. Many other children died, went missing, or were murdered while in the custody of these schools, unable to tell their stories.
The video was shot at the IINÁH (pronounced ee-nah), which is a physical and virtual space that teaches Indigenous lifeways to native youth, native communities, and non-native communities who are willing to sincerely learn and apply the knowledge appropriately. IINÁH is located in Diné Bikeyah, Turtle Island, also known as Gallup, New Mexico, USA.
Dr. Lyla June Johnston, who performs the sond and directed the music video, (aka Lyla June) is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages.
The message of the music in this video aligns with healing inter-generational and inter-cultural trauma, which is relevant in her other disciplines.
Directed by Noor-un-nisa Touchon (USA)