How forced relocation changed these Native Americans

RJ Hamster

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TAKEN AS KIDS

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

In today’s newsletter, we listen to Indigenous children’s stories of forced separation, marvel at a massive stingray, rethink our next shopping spree … and schedule a retinal exam. Plus, happy National Pet Day.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANIELLA ZALCMAN

Kids. Yanked from home. Taken to brutal Native American boarding “schools.” How do you show how the forced uprooting by the state had changed them?

For Wanda Garnier, the sudden separation destroyed the closeness of the family. The member of Lakota Nation (above) ended up at Holy Rosary Mission in South Dakota (superimposed in a double exposure image). “Our culture was totally, totally messed up.”

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A double loss: For Esther Nuqaq’aq Green, removed from her Yup’ik home in a day, she lost her connection with her mom—and then was separated from her brother, who was taken to another school. Above, Nat Geo Explorer Daniella Zalcman superimposed Green’s image over graves at her “children’s home.” Read more.

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

PHOTOGRAPH BY TAMARA MERINO

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF ZEB HOGAN

What do you think? A 646-pound catfish. A 661-pound stingray (above, the behemoth caught and released last summer.) What’s the biggest fresh water fish on the planet? Nat Geo Explorer Zeb Hogan thought the answer would be a quick find, but as he embarked on a worldwide search, he quickly realized he was wrong.

THE LARGEST FISH

PHOTO OF THE DAY

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSHUA IRWANDI

Pets are basically humans, right? Even though every day is worth celebrating our favorite fuzzy (or scaly or feathery) ones, today’s National Pet Day—and our sidekicks deserve some extra love. So here’s to the pets that bring us peace, hear us out, and love us unconditionally. (The family above has seven cats: “They help us to keep our sanity,” Nat Geo reports.)

Related: The ‘Rainbow Bridge’ has comforted millions of pet parents. Who wrote it?

WE LOVE OUR PETS

LAST GLIMPSE

PHOTOGRAPH BY GETTY IMAGES

Do you want to be a photographer? Here are several highlights from a series of National Geographic UK masterclasses: Figure out if what you like to photograph will sell; know your gear but take only what you need; establish a narrative. Also: “The best way to shoot a good picture is to shoot loads of bad ones.” Read more. (Above, a woman takes a photograph.)

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Plan a walking tour of Liverpool’s musical hotspots

TRICKS OF THE TRADE

Today’s soundtrack: Photograph, Ed Sheeran
Thanks for reading our newsletter! It was edited and curated by Jen Tse, Hannah Farrow, and David Beard. We’d love to hear from you:
david.beard@natgeo.com. Keep shining!

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