Field at Chemawa Indian School, Salem, Oregon, pictured after 1933 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HABS OR-129)
In its attempts to address sex abuse crises, the Catholic Church has issued apologies, conducted investigations and paid reparations, but the Vatican has never publicly apologized for abuse inflicted on Indigenous Americans at Catholic-run boarding schools in the United States and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries, according to presenters at a Feb. 25 online panel event, Native American Communities and the Clerical Abuse Crisis, hosted by Fordham University s Taking Responsibility project. If you guys have any influence with the pope, can you ask him to please apologize [for] what has happened to boarding school survivors, specifically Native boarding school survivors? panelist Denise Lajimodiere said at the webinar. That would help with our healing.
Truth, healing and reconciliation bill aims to bring tribes, North Dakota together
The proposed Truth, Healing and Reconciliation Commission would travel around North Dakota to receive testimony and provide a forum for indigenous victims and families to discuss the personal impacts of physical, psychological, and spiritual violence, according to the bill. 12:00 pm, Feb. 1, 2021 ×
The flags of North Dakota s five tribal nations are displayed outside Gov. Doug Burgum s office Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. (John Hageman / Forum News Service)
BISMARCK After years of wrongdoing and discrimination, a North Dakota bill would create a commission that aims to foster healing and truth-telling between Native Americans and the state.