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The United States grapples with the history of Native American residential schools
FILE – A makeshift memorial to the dozens of Native children who died over a century ago while attending a boarding school that was once located nearby is displayed under a tree in a public park in Albuquerque, NM, on 01 July 2021. The United States Department of the Interior is set to release a […]
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US report details church-state collusion over Indigenous schools
A new Home Office report on the legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans highlights how closely the U.S. government worked with churches to Christianize them as part of a project to separate them from their culture, identity, and ultimately their land. The Role of Churches Forms a Secondary Part of the Federal Indian Residential […]
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The United States grapples with the history of Native American residential schools
FILE – A makeshift memorial to the dozens of Native children who died over a century ago while attending a boarding school that was once located nearby is displayed under a tree in a public park in Albuquerque, NM, on 01 July 2021. The United States Department of the Interior is set to release a […]
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US uncovers 500 deaths at Native American boarding schools so far
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for more than a century sought to assimilate Native children into white society has identified more than 500 student deaths in the institutions , but officials expect that figure to grow exponentially as research continues. The Interior Department report released Wednesday […]
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US Department of Interior Releases Part 1 of Indian Residential Schools Inquiry
US Department of Interior Releases Part 1 of Indian Residential Schools InquirySQUARE 11 US counts Indian boarding school deaths for first time but leaves key questions unansweredYahoo News Report details brutal treatment of Indigenous children attending US boarding schoolsPBS NewsTime Report finds government abusing Indigenous childrenKVEO TV See full coverage on Google News