My research documents the early history of the Old Leupp Boarding School, a U.S. federal Indian boarding school in operation on the Navajo Reservation from 1909-1942. In keeping with Diné (Navajo) cultural teachings, I utilize non-destructive research methods, including a critical analysis of archival records, historic photographs, and oral history interviews with Navajo elders who attended school at Leupp, to demonstrate how Navajo students and their families resisted the U.S. federal government’s assimilationist educational policies during the early twentieth century. These accounts of Diné survivance and the continuance of k’e relationships demonstrate the importance and power of conducting oral history research in support of traditional archaeological work at historic Navajo sites.

我的研究记录了 Old Leupp 寄宿学校的早期历史，这是 1909 年至 1942 年在纳瓦霍保留地运营的美国联邦印第安寄宿学校。为了与 Diné（纳瓦霍）文化教义保持一致，我利用非破坏性研究方法，包括对档案记录、历史照片的批判性分析，以及对在 Leupp 上学的纳瓦霍长老的口述历史访谈，以展示纳瓦霍学生及其家人如何二十世纪初抵制美国联邦政府的同化教育政策。这些关于 Diné 幸存和 k'e 关系延续的描述证明了进行口述历史研究以支持纳瓦霍历史遗址的传统考古工作的重要性和力量。