Day Schoolers and Boarders

Waylon Black Crow

Learn ABOUT (deep listening, information)

What is a boarding school?
Why was it a problem for children to speak their Native languages at boarding school?
Why did Waylon have to be kept away from other children when he spoke Lakota?
What were some things that children experienced in boarding schools? Good things? Bad things?
What caused Waylon to feel rage and hate during his time at the boarding school?
What is the difference between “Day Schoolers” and “Boarders”?

Learn FROM (deep sharing, transformation)

When is a time that I had to go away from home for the first time? What was the experience like for me?
Have I ever experienced feeling out of place because of the language that I spoke or could not speak? What was it like?
In what ways did I learn about myself and life when I have had to be away from my family or my home? Did it help me or did it hurt me?
Have I ever experienced rage? What was the source of it and how did I get through it?
What are the ways I connect to my home and my family?