By Sean Graham
Sean Graham talks with Caitlin Keliiaa, author of Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women’s Labour and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program. They discuss the residential schooling system in the United States, the goal of outing programs, and Indigenous young women and girls’ domestic labour as part of the program. They also chat about the community built by the women, how they resisted in their workplaces, and program’s legacy.
Historical Headline of the Week
Cecily Hilleary, “Indian Boarding Schools ‘Outings’: Apprenticeships or Indentured Servitude?” Voice of America, November 14, 2021.
Sean Graham is a cultural historian, an Adjunct Professor at Carleton University, and a contributing editor with Activehistory.ca
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