Boarding Schools from Hell.
Indian Residential Schools in America.
Imagine for a moment a breaking news story that more than 500 bodies of white children were found buried in unmarked graves at some of the most prestigious boarding schools in New England…That we discovered a federal plot to steal children, place them in forced labor camps within these schools and lie about their whereabouts when they died. And that the practice was in existence as recently as the 1960s. It would be fucking chaos. And rightly so. This exact scenario unfolded last week with the release of a Department of Interior report about the history of so-called “Indian Residential Schools” in the United States. No outcry. No outrage. No breaking news alerts. Just another day in the United States of Hypocrisy.
Show Notes
Clips
Episode Timestamp + Link | Clip Link
- 00:00:32 | PBS NewsHour: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland gives update on Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative
- 00:10:07 | PBS NewsHour: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland gives update on Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative
Resources
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Lakota Times: Civilization Act
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United States Department of the Interior: Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report
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Indian Country Today: Report on federal Indian boarding schools due April 1
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Congress.gov: H.R.5444 - Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act
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Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition: Resolutions and Petitions
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Resistbot: Yes on H.R.5444 & S.2907
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