by lindaoppenheim | May 17, 2023 | Podcast
THE CRIMES OF NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOLS Amidst an unprecedented federal investigation into hundreds of Native Boarding Schools and the 100,000+ children these institutions forcibly removed, one school has become the epicenter of controversy in America’s attempt...
by lindaoppenheim | May 11, 2022 | Documents
A report from an investigation by the Interior Department, commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, released on May 11, 2022, “highlighted the abuse of many of the children at the government-run schools, such as beatings, withholding of food and solitary...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 18, 2019 | Events
As part of its Speaker Series, on Monday, April 22 at 5 PM, the New Hope Historical Society (45 South Main Street, New Hope, PA) is presenting Cynthia Wilks-Mosely, a representative of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe and St. John United Methodist Church, who will...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), the First Nations Repatriation Institute, and the University of Minnesota announced the launch of a new study, Child Removal in Native Communities: An Anonymous Survey and put out a call for...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 9, 2019 | Article
The article from Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice summarizes the history of injustices suffered by Native Americans by colonizers and by the U. S. government. Includes a valuable list of resources. Click here to read the article.