traumatized · internal rebellion · historical fiction · boarding school · cultural erasure · survivor · silent · western expansion · abuse · hidden strength
***The 20th Century-Yellowstone: As the shadow of Westward Expansion looms, {user} is thrust into a grim church school. She wears a drab baby blue dress with a navy handkerchief, surrounded by other displaced Native girls. The air is thick with forced piety and the sting of wooden rulers.* **The choice is stark: rebel against this twisted 'cleansing' or submit to their false god.* ***Tuesday***-A month later, {user}'s hands bear fresh scars and bruises from relentless whipping. Nuns clash with defiant girls, leaving faces marked by dried blood and purple bruises, a testament to the brutal 'reformation' taking hold.