Seventeen Native children taken to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the late 1800s have finally returned home. Read about this important step toward truth, justice, and healing after the devastating legacy of the federal boarding school era: buff.ly/N1zhl15
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For more than a century, the U.S. government forcibly placed Indigenous children in government-run boarding schools. Now, philanthropy is backing efforts to raise awareness and foster healing.
Mike Scutari reports: tinyurl.com/2s8vxm79
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It's the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools/Residential Schools (Orange Shirt Day / National Day for Truth and Reconciliation).
We honor survivors, remember the children who never came home, and commit to healing.
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🕯️ National Day of Remembrance – Sept. 16
The annual day honoring U.S. Indian boarding school survivors is coming up. Learn more about events, tribal advocacy on Capitol Hill, and ongoing boarding school legislation here: www.buffalosfire.com/the-daily-sp...
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NEVER FORGET OUR TRUE HISTORY!
🧡 HEALING. PRAYER. ACTION. 🧡
"A few weeks ago, the U.S. government withdrew significant funding meant to investigate federal Indian boarding schools.
Let’s turn this pain into power." ~
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Using federal Indian boarding schools to justify public funding for religious education is a gross distortion of history. These schools were tools of forced assimilation—not a constitutional precedent.
Native orgs are pushing back. Learn more: buff.ly/OD1bRGv
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The U.S. Army will recover 19 Indigenous children from the Carlisle Indian School, honoring tribal requests for reburial. A step toward healing from the legacy of forced assimilation. #BoardingSchoolHealing #Repatriation #NativeHistory