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• The Homelands Blog

  Award-winning doc airs on NPR’s Hearing Voices

  February 17, 2011

  We hope you get a chance to hear this week’s Hearing Voices from NPR. It features a beautiful, thought-provoking story by Kate Davidson about a program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints …

• Kate Davidson

  Worlds of Difference

  Saints and Indians

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  Kate Davidson

  Worlds of Difference

  Saints and Indians

  Between 1954 and 2000, tens of thousands of Native American children went to live with Mormon families during the school year. For some, it was a chance to overcome the stresses of reservation life. For others, it was a repudiation of their identity. For everyone, it was a life-changing experience.

  Between 1954 and 2000, tens of thousands of Native American children went to live with Mormon families during the school year. For some, it was a chance to overcome the stresses of reservation life. For others, it was a repudiation of their identity. For everyone, it was a life-changing experience.

  This story was edited by Deborah George. Thanks to the Navajo educator and artist Pauline Begay for use of her song “Cradleboard Lullaby” in the piece. Her award-winning work is available from Cool Runnings Music.

  Thanks also to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing archival material for this piece.

  And many thanks to the Placement students and families who shared their stories and let me into their lives this year, little by little. That experience, for me, is the richest part of the project.

  — Kate Davidson

  Date

  January 23, 2005

  Other Contributor(s)

  Deborah George

  Outlets

  All Things Considered

  Tags

  Themes: Lives, Culture

  Regions: North America

  Media: Text, Audio

  Other Tags: Placement Program, Mormon, Navajo, Native American, missionary