'1923': The True Story of the American Indian Boarding School in the 'Yellowstone' Prequel

The prequel offshoot Yellowstone, 1923, includes a startlingly accurate representation of forced integration schemes undertaken by western pioneers  

and Christian missionaries. Sister Mary O'Connor (Jennifer Ehle) continuously hits Teonna (Aminah Nieves) with a wooden ruler  

in the pilot episode of 1923 for failing to remember the proper technique of manufacturing soap in class.  

in the pilot episode of 1923 for failing to remember the proper technique of manufacturing soap in class.  

When Father Renaud (Sebastian Roché) learns of the situation, he punishes both of them for compromising the fundamental ideals upon which the Catholic boarding school was founded. 

Unfortunately, the horrifying events portrayed in the premiere episode of 1923 paint an eerily accurate picture of the atrocities that occurred within.. 

these Indian boarding schools to culturally oppress Montana's Indigenous American youngsters. These institutions were created by Western settlers and government missionaries 

frequently with the backing of the Church, to 'civilize' and convert the Indigenous peoples of America to the western way of life. 

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