Experts on U.S. Indian policy trace the high number of incarcerated Native American youth back to U.S. policies of the 19th and 20th centuries, including forced boarding schools, that undermined Native American sovereignty.
Calah Schlabach
Calah Schlabach is a master’s student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She worked as a graduate assistant for Global Sport Matters, a media platform collaboration between Cronkite and ASU’s Global Sport Institute. Before starting at Cronkite, she was a grant writer for a social services nonprofit in Columbus, Ohio. She previously spent time writing and editing in Vietnam and Haiti, and as a professional triathlete and university triathlon coach. Originally from St. Michaels, Arizona, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and a writing minor from Calvin University. She recently reported on U.S. involvement in Panama’s migration system and companies mining for minerals in Arizona’s Sky Islands