Indian Country

Life in Transition - Indian Country by Shawn White Wolf I was born in 1973, right in the middle of a changing Indian Country. Folks need to understand that I did not grow up in a quiet time. I grew up in the aftershock of federal policies that had already done deep damage to Native families, Native identity, and Native communities. By the time I came along, the old boarding school system had left scars everywhere. For generations, American Indian children were taken from thei