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Jul 29, 2022 · Though churches did not operate the U.S. schools, most Americans and lawmakers in Washington, D.C., were committed to the idea that Indian people needed to be “uplifted” from an “uncivilized”...
Jun 30, 2021 · The church in the United States should make every effort now to prepare for this Department of Interior investigation and for the larger, comprehensive undertaking to unravel the complete history...
The Canadian Indian residential school system [nb 1] was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. [nb 2] The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Christian churches.
Sep 6, 2023 · The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition has found 523 boarding schools operated across 38 states, including 115 previously unidentified schools that were largely...
Sep 30, 2024 · Davin recommended the government contract with churches to run industrial boarding schools that would take native children away from their families and communities and indoctrinate them in...
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Oct 16, 2019 · Frustration with and other forms of missionary work led all the Christian denominations to support the model of boarding or residential schools. In the decades to come, the government turned over operation of most of the residential schools to the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches.
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Oct 24, 2024 · The boarding school coalition has identified more than 100 additional schools not on the government list that were run by churches, with no evidence of federal support.