Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 178

ionuj in sir i ha aa (L PL t4-aial For many of the children, survival had been more important than school, according to Diekman. They arrive at Wahpeton with homemade weapons hidden in their boots and bags. Some stuff themselves with food the first few days in the school cafeteria, having learned at home to eat as much as they can when they have cod because they may not see any more for awhfle. The school gives the chfldren a protected environment with 24-hour supervision, Diekman said. Every child does some chores, such as vacuuming or picking up litter in the entrances.

Running away, fighting or using drug3 is stiffly punished by restricting the chid to the dormitory for four to seven days, except for classroom work. The penitent must sit in the hallway outside the counselors' office during the weekend and in the evening. "The kids know that there is some refuge here, that there is someone here who will put the brakes on if it's needed," Diekman said. Ramona Sumner has found a safe harbor at Wahpeton. A 10-year-old with jet-black hair and skin as smooth as gray-brown sand, she came to Wahpeton last faB from south Minneapolis, where she attended pubfic and parochial schools.

Ramona'8 parents Eve apart, and her mother, Margaret Sumner, said she sent Ramona to Wahpeton because she lost her job and didn't have enough food in the house to feed Ramona al the time. Ramona said that when she went to school in Minneapolis, the other children made fun of her because her skin was darker than theirs. She said she began to ted her teacher she was sick so she could go home. Her mother would send her to the bus for school, but she wouldn't get on. Instead she'd run back home and hide in the house.

Ramona said she likes going to school with other Indians and would ike to graduate from Wahpeton. She said she has learned more and she feels smarter. "The (boarding) schools give the children a pride in their own dignity and a pride in their heritage. helps them combat the discrimination that they meet," said Esther Home, 73, who taught at Wahpeton for more than 30 years. She grew up in an Indian boarding school and introduced lessons about Indian culture at the Wahpeton school.

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