she spent ten years in Indian boarding schools before graduating from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1902

The late Chief Webster "Little Eagle" Custalow honored Daniel by giving her the name "Silver Star

who have lived there for generations

recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize

Like many Iroquois peoples

Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story true crime she spent ten years inShirley is only five years old when she is taken away by the Indian agent to live at a residential school. She loves learning, but she is not there by choice. From the first day walking up the long, lonely stone steps of the school building, life is hard and full of rules. Separated from her brothers and sisters, she is truly on her own. Shirley is very brave, but there is no one she loves to hold her at night when she is afraid. No one to tuck her in