The Native Justice Coalition, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, and the Manistee Area Racial Justice & Diversity Initiative will present a screening of the Emmy-award-winning documentary film “Dawnland” on Thursday, November 11, at the Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts in Manistee/Naaminitigong. The 54-minute film will be followed by a panel discussion with several members of the Native American community whose families have been directly impacted by forced removal of Native American children to so-called “boarding schools.” Dawnland tells the story of Indigenous child removal in the U.S. and the nation’s first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on the Wabanaki people. 350 Native American “boarding schools” operated in the United States, 3 of these in Michigan. The last of the Michigan schools, in Harbor Springs, didn't close until 1983.