AMERICAN GENOCIDE

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Amidst an unprecedented federal investigation into hundreds of Native Boarding Schools and the 100,000+ children these institutions forcibly removed, one school has become the epicenter of controversy in America’s attempt to reckon with its dark history: Red Cloud Indian School. Read more

History True crime Investigative American history

Episodes

AMERICAN GENOCIDE - Trailer

03/07/2023 00:01:221. Who Lies at Red Cloud

04/26/2023 00:32:43 2. Pissed Off Activists

04/26/2023 00:32:033. The Medicine

05/03/2023 00:28:024. The Scientist Detective

05/10/2023 00:28:43 Show all episodes

Our take on AMERICAN GENOCIDE podcast

In the wake of an extensive federal probe into numerous Indigenous Boarding Schools, Red Cloud Indian School emerges as the center of America's struggle to confront its dark past. However, opinions on the school's impact on Pine Ridge Reservation, home to the Oglala Lakota tribe, are split. Hosted by Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee) and Lashay Wesley (Choctaw), American Genocide documents this true crime narrative, exploring the lasting trauma inflicted by Native American boarding schools and the potential for achieving truth, healing, and reconciliation. The first episode follows two Indigenous investigators examining disconcerting events surrounding a former Catholic Indian boarding school on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation before a search for mass graves. AMERICAN GENOCIDE is a true crime podcast by IllumiNative.