World Jan 20 China reports 13 children killed in elementary school dorm fire in Henan province By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press
World May 22 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 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 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 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… Continue reading
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… Continue watching
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. Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue watching