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World Jan 20

China reports 13 children killed in elementary school dorm fire in Henan province

By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

World May 22

GUYANA-FIRE-SCHOOL
Fire engulfs boarding school dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 19 students

Security advisor Gerald Gouveia said the fire began shortly after midnight at the school that serves children aged 12 through 18, most of them Indigenous. He said it was too early to speculate what might have caused the fire.

By Bert Wilkinson, Associated Press

World Jul 25

Pope Francis apologizes to indigenous people for the residential school system in Canada during his visit to Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada July 25, 2022. Photo by Todd Korol/REUTERS
WATCH: Pope apologizes for ‘evil’ school abuses committed against Indigenous peoples in Canada

The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today.

By Nicole Winfield, Peter Smith, Associated Press

World Jul 24

Pope Francis visits Canada
Pope Francis visits Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses

Aboard the papal plane, Francis told reporters this was a “penitential voyage” and he urged prayers in particular for elderly people and grandparents.

By Nicole Winfield, Rob Gillies, Peter Smith, Associated Press

Nation May 21

NativeSchools
Watch 3:27
What Native American children endured at one Missouri boarding school

For the first time, the U.S. government released a report this month detailing the abuse and mistreatment of Native children who were forcibly sent to boarding schools in the 1800s. NewsHour’s St Louis community reporter Gabrielle Hays, who has been…

By Gabrielle Hays, Andrew Corkery

May 14

U.S. report details church-state collusion on Indigenous schools

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

The role of churches forms a secondary part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report, released Wednesday after a yearlong review sparked by the 2021 discoveries of hundreds of potential graves at former residential schools in Canada. Most…

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May 11

Watch 8:29
Report details brutal treatment of Indigenous children attending U.S. boarding schools

The federal government on Wednesday detailed for the first time the brutality and treatment Native American children suffered when they were forcibly moved into U.S. boarding schools during the course of 150 years. Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native…

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May 11

Interior Department report identifies more Native American boarding schools and burial sites

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

A new federal study shows the U.S. government supported more than 400 Native American boarding schools aimed at assimilating Native children.

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Apr 28

Researchers unearth the painful history of a Native boarding school in Missouri

By Gabrielle Hays

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…

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Jul 08

Watch 6:30
Indigenous survivor describes her ‘haunting experience’ of boarding school abuse

By John Yang

For more than a century, native children sent to Canadian Christian boarding schools were banned from speaking their languages or practicing their traditions. Hundreds died but their families were never told and bodies never returned — only found in unmarked…

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