The Sicangu Lakota Youth Council has formed an alliance with the Northern Arapaho Tribal Historic Preservation Office to work on getting the remains of children returned to the tribe. The Department of the Army has outlined difficult demands that would need to be met in order to return the remains. Read Article Here Read PDF […]
The Northern Arapaho tribe is fighting to reclaim the bodies of children who died while attending boarding school under the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The tribe sees this as an important step in the healing process, but also wants the US government to acknowledge their role and responsibility for the trauma inflicted […]
According to a survey released by the Environics Institute in tandem with the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation, eighty percent of Canadians recognize the discrimination, and difference in standards of living Indigenous people face compared with those who are not Indigenous. Eighty percent of Canadians also support Indigenous language preservation. Although Canada is ready […]
This is the first time in Alaskan history that the Presbyterian church has apologized for their role during the boarding school era.The apology was given during the Alaskan Federation of Natives (AFN) convention. Traditional language erasure was a big component of the church’s mission. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Lisa Demer. “Presbyterian Church […]
Multiple organizers are working to bring the Pope to Wanuskewin, a place where Indigenous people have been gathering for thousands of years. The location is also close to Saskatchewan, which was home to more Native students per capita than any residential school. The Pope and church has apologized for the church’s complicity in boarding schools. The […]
Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tried a new approach to school discipline and saw suspensions drop 85%. It went viral – twice — with more than 700,000 page views. The Children’s Resilience Initiative (CRI) organized a group of 30 people from Walla Walla, including Sporleder (then Principal of Lincoln High School) to attend […]
A half decade long research project to identify children who died at the old Rapid City Indian Boarding school and were buried in an unmarked cemetery has achieved success beyond the researchers ambitions — even as the scope of the project exploded into an exploration of the history of land ownership and racial inequities. Read […]
Trauma experienced in childhood can be carried over into adulthood and manifest itself through physical illness such as cancer, heart disease, and autoimmune diseases. The author tells their story of how the healthcare system failed her father, ultimately resulting in premature death, and how she also suffered from seizures and an autoimmune disease as a […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Pope Francis to apologise for the role of the Catholic Church in a Canadian school system where indigenous children were abused for decades. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has also called on the papel to apologize as well. The TRC considers an apology to be a step […]
Circles for Reconciliation is a grassroots project that pulls together small groups of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Together, they talk very openly and personally about issues like residential schools, the Sixties Scoop and aspects of reconciliation. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Trevor Dineen. “Circles for Reconciliation attracting attention across Canada.” June 24, 2017. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/have-you-been-encouraged-to-take-a-leap-1.4172974/circles-for-reconciliation-attracting-attention-across-canada-1.4175035
Gabrielle Scrimshaw recalls how her mother’s and her family’s experience with residential schools, much like many Indigenous people across Canada, has continued to plague the community through intergenerational trauma. These experiences have also led to the dire circumstances many Indigenous people live in today. Read Article Here Read PDF Here Source: Gabrielle Scrimshaw. “Canada’s Hidden History, […]
After more than a year of hearings, studies, and planning, the Army has set an August 8th date to begin turning over the remains of Indian children to their families and tribes. A Northern Arapaho delegation will travel to Carlisle to formally accept the first three. Little Chief, eldest son of Chief Sharp Nose, arrived […]
