1. Solomon’s Sword

This Land

Crooked Media

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

ALM – as referred to in court documents – is a Navajo and Cherokee toddler. When he was a baby, a white couple from the suburbs of Dallas wanted to adopt him, but a federal law said they couldn’t. So they sued. Show Notes: This Land website https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ Resources For Survivors https://crooked.com/resources-for-survivors/ Resources For Journalists & Investigators https://crooked.com/resources-for-journalists-investigators/ Have a tip? Share it with our reporting team via SecureDrop https://criticalfrequency.org/securedrop/ Jennifer Brackeen’s Personal Blog https://web.archive.org/web/20201221201802/https://thebrackeens.blogspot.com/ "An Untold Number Of Indigenous Children Disappeared At U.S. Boarding Schools. Tribal Nations Are Raising The Stakes In Search Of Answers." https://theintercept.com/2018/09/25/carlisle-indian-industrial-school-indigenous-children-disappeared/ "My Relatives Went To A Catholic School For Native Children. It Was A Place Of Horrors" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/30/my-relatives-went-to-a-catholic-school-for-native-children-it-was-a-place-of-horrors "Indigenous Children Finally Headed Home" https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/indigenous-children-officially-headed-home "Indian Boarding School Investigation Faces Hurdles In Missing Records, Legal Questions" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indian-boarding-school-investigation-faces-hurdles-missing-records-legal-questions-n1273996 "U.S. Boarding Schools To Be Investigated" https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/us-boarding-schools-to-be-investigated For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/thisland.

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0:00.0	This episode is supported by the FX original series Reservation Dogs.
0:05.2	From Sterling Harjo and Taiko YTT,
0:07.8	this first of its kind, Indigenous Creative Team,
0:10.8	tells a story that invites audiences into a surprisingly familiar and funny world.
0:16.4	Reservation Dogs, all episodes now streaming exclusively FX on Hulu.
0:23.4	Just to know before we get started.
0:25.6	The stories we're sharing this season touch on different kinds of trauma.
0:30.6	Please take care of yourself while you listen.
0:40.2	On a warm day in May of 2016, I gassed up my pickup truck and hit the highway.
0:47.2	I was driving north towards a military base in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
0:52.2	On the base was an important historical site,
0:56.2	or at least what was left of it,
0:58.8	the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
1:04.4	Carlisle opened in 1879.
1:07.8	On a cold night that fall,
1:09.8	147 native children got off a train.
1:13.8	The youngest ones were six.
1:17.8	They were met by military staff who cut their hair.
1:22.0	Change their clothes.
1:24.0	Change their names to Luther, Joseph, or Mary,
1:28.6	and led them to the military barracks that were now home.
1:35.2	Carlisle was a dangerous place to be a child.
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