Indigenous people are calling on the Catholic Church to be held accountable after continued revelations of unmarked graves on grounds of residential schools the church operated. Christian-based boarding schools are an enduring symbol of forced assimilation of Native children in the United States. At the same time, Christianity is a strong component of many Indigenous people’s lives. We’ll explore the history and complexity of the Christian faith among Native traditions.
The Counter Stories crew digs into another element of Indigenous trauma: boarding schools. More and more bodies of children sent to these boarding schools are being discovered, shedding more light on the intentional erasing of Indigenous language and culture.
When the remains of more than 200 children were recently found on the grounds of a boarding school in Canada, it forced the entire country to confront one of its darkest chapters, the state-sponsored abuse of Indigenous people. Astead Herndon speaks with Ian Austen about one survivor’s story.
26 min. video, Boarding school descendant Linda LeGarde Grover gives historical context about the dark underbelly of boarding schools. 2/22/24
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This project, developed by the Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections, aims to develop a comprehensive searchable database of Carlisle Indian School resources.
Nearly half of the Jesuit priests or brothers found to be credibly accused of sexual abuse in a 10-state region in the western United States spent time working in Indian schools and missions.
A Department of the Interior investigation into the Federal Indian boarding school system to examine the scope of the system, with a focus on the location of schools, burial sites, and identification of children who attended the schools.
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is a place of learning and dialogue where the truths of Residential School Survivors, families and communities are honoured and kept safe for future generations.
NABS, based in Minneapolis, was created to develop and implement a national strategy that increases public awareness and cultivates healing for the profound trauma experienced by individuals, families, communities, American Indian and Alaska Native Nations resulting from the U.S. adoption and implementation of the Boarding School Policy of 1869.
A thorough review of the literature regarding the impacts of boarding schools on Native Americans and a comprehensive summary of the state of knowledge of the present impacts of the Boarding School era and policies on Native Americans.
Native Americans have dodged bullets since first contact with Europeans. This film brings a cross-generational sampling of Indigenous people, researchers, and politicians to reveal stunning reasons for their disproportionately high incidences of health and social issues.
