Boarding

July 30, 2022

Christianity Was a Major Part of Indigenous Boarding Schools — a Historian Whose Family Survived Them Explains

Religion was a pillar of the forceful campaigns to assimilate Indigenous peoples on both sides of the border but played out differently in the U.S. and […]
July 18, 2022

Pope Calls Canada Meeting With Indigenous Boarding School Survivors a ‘Penitential Pilgrimage’

Pope Francis’ trip to Canada will be a “penitential pilgrimage” to bring healing and reconciliation among Indigenous communities. The post Pope Calls Canada Meeting With Indigenous […]
May 14, 2022

Christians Likely Helped Run Half of U.S. Indian Boarding Schools

The U.S. operated 408 boarding schools for Indigenous children across 37 states or then-territories between 1819 and 1969 — half of them likely supported by religious […]