State Marker Honoring Kickapoo in West Park
About 50 people gathered in West Park near LeRoy on Thursday morning for a ceremony to honor the Kickapoo and learn about their history.
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Researchers unearth the painful history of a Native boarding school in Missouri
In Missouri, nearly two centuries ago, the Jesuits forcibly moved six enslaved Black people to the St. Louis area to help build their forthcoming institutions. That same year, they also laid the groundwork for a “plan for “the civilization of the Indian,”a practice that separated families and stripped young Native Americans of their culture through assimilation.
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Commissioner Harris's Angry Letter
On this date in 1838, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Carey Allen Harris, sent an angry letter to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, William Clark.
Source: prairiepublic.org