In Boarding Schools, Native languages and cultural practices were often suppressed through violent and systematic methods (Lomawaima, 2018). Students were frequently punished for speaking their native languages, sometimes facing physical punishment, verbal abuse, or detention if they were caught using their Indigenous tongues. This policy aimed to erase Indigenous identities and assimilate students into Euro-American cultural norms, often forcing them to abandon their family traditions, spiritual practices, and ways of life. Religious and familial customs, which were central to Indigenous communities, were considered threatening to the colonial agenda of cultural domination, leading to their suppression through coercive measures. This violent suppression not only caused immediate harm to the students but also contributed to intergenerational trauma, loss of cultural knowledge, and the ongoing marginalization of Native identities.