Description of what happened at the Indian Boarding Schools.

The halls whisper the horrors
experienced by the victims.
Sexual, spiritual, emotional and physical infliction.
Held Hostage by boarding school legislation.
What happened to the children's souls?

Inadequate amounts of food, long spoiled.
Days spent in arduous labor,
washing floors, tending livestock and crops.
Young minds coerced to believe
they are savages, heathens, less than human.

Homesickness, many children lost to illness,
these places associated with death,
Indian boarding schools.
Parents in despair on reservations,
while their children parish.

Censored silence, untold truths.
Demonstration of love forbidden.
Children building strong alliances,
through acts of camaraderie.
Survival through steadfast resilency.