Claim: Nicholas Galanin, A Tlingit (also spelled Tlinkit) artist and musician has a work entitled Indian Children’s Bracelet, and is one of three pairs—which will never be displayed together, as a symbolic way of demonstrating how Indigenous families were torn apart and separated by the American boarding school system.
Evidence: Nicholas Galanin (pronounced gah-LANN-in) is a Tlingit and Unangax̂ multi-disciplinary artist and musician from Alaska. The Tlingit (/ˈklɪŋkɪt/ or /ˈtlɪŋɡɪt/; also spelled Tlinkit; Russian: Тлинкиты) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Another work entitled Indian Children's Bracelet is a hand-engraved set of child-sized handcuffs that represent the Indigenous children who were forced into American boarding schools, which were intended to assimilate them into European culture. The piece is one of three pairs that will never be displayed together, as a symbolic way of demonstrating how Indigenous families were torn apart and separated by the American boarding school system.