Essay: Seeking truth, justice and healing in the new school year
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BRIDGET MOIX says this year, US Congress should pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act…
Essay: The urgent need for a truth and healing commission on Indian boarding schools
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, says that while it’s painful to face the Quakers’ history of participation in these schools, “we cannot live our faith with integrity if we do not”…
Colombian children who survived five weeks in jungle released from hospital
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Four Colombian Indigenous children who survived a plane crash in the country’s Amazon region and lived for more than five weeks in the jungle have been released from hospital after a 34-day stay, the government said on Friday. The children, aged one through 13, survived the 1st May crash that killed their […]
Eldest of rescued Colombian children pulled sister from plane wreckage
Bogota, Colombia Reuters The eldest of the four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle after a plane crash pulled her youngest sibling from the wreckage, the children’s grandfather said on Monday. The children, aged one through 13, survived the 1st May crash that killed their mother and […]
Children who survived five weeks in Colombia jungle will tell own story: father
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle will tell their own story about the ordeal, the father of the two youngest siblings said on Sunday. The children, aged one through 13, survived a 1st May plane crash that killed their mother and two other […]
Child plane crash survivors in “acceptable” state of health
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle, after surviving a plane crash which killed their mother, are in an “acceptable” state of health, the government said on Saturday. The siblings were found on Friday in Caqueta province after weeks of searching by the military, […]
Canada First Nation finds possible burial sites at school
Williams Lake, British Columbia AP A First Nation in Canada says a preliminary geophysical investigation has identified 93 possible burial sites around the site of a church-run boarding school. Chief Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation said Tuesday that excavation would be needed to confirm the presence of human remains and much more […]
Canada appeals decision on Indigenous children but seeks settlement talks
Toronto, Canada Reuters The Canadian Government on Friday appealed a federal court decision upholding a ruling that it individually compensate Indigenous children and their caregivers harmed by a discriminatory welfare system, but said it would pause the appeal while engaging in talks with the initial complainants. The decision is the latest twist in a 14-year […]
Pope OKs Canada trip to help healing with Indigenous peoples; popes get third shot
Vatican City AP Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help ongoing efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples following shocking revelations of the Catholic church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children, the Vatican said on Wednesday. In a brief statement, the Holy See’s press office said that the Canadian […]
The Long Read: On day of remembrance, churches confront their role in Indigenous boarding schools
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on how US churches are grappling with the role they played in the country’s boarding school system for Indigenous children…