Tag: boarding schools
Protect ICWA
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) goes before the Supreme Court of the United States tomorrow in the landmark case Brackeen v Haaland (2021). This case puts Indigenous children, sovereignty, and Indigenous lands at risk. When Richard Henry Pratt founded the Indian Residential School system and Carlisle Indian Industrial School. He said: “A great general…
We Remember the Stolen Generations
We remember the stolen generations and the devastation caused by the church and state collaborating to commit genocide in their attempt to erase Oñgwehoñwe’ peoples. We remember the victims and survivors of the mission schools, residential/boarding schools. The devastating losses from mission and residential schools is incalculable. Every single Indigenous person on Turtle Island/Abya…
An Open Letter on “Indian Residential Schools”
A revised and updated version of this letter has now been published with The Nation. Each day is a gift from the Creator and every day we start by giving thanks to the Creator, to our Earth, and to all of creation. The thanksgiving address reminds us to live in gratitude with the Creator,…
Every Child Matters: Walk for Justice for Our Ancestors
Please Join us. Within the last couple of months over 2500 unmarked graves of Indigenous children have been located on the grounds of the Institutions of Genocide aka “Residential schools ” throughout Canada and the United States. We will walk in honor of them and the thousands of survivors who endured unspeakable inhumane treatment by…
