Residential Schools

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  8/8/2022
  

  The Dangerous Myth that Pop Warner was Jim Thorpe's Savior

  by David Maraniss

  Most people understand the relationship of the star athlete and his football coach through the story told by a 1951 movie. A biographer says the coach chose hypocrisy and self-protection when Thorpe needed him most – when his Olympic medals were stripped for having played professional baseball with Warner's knowledge.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/24/2022
  

  A Brief History of the Vatican and Western Canadian Missions

  by Roberto Perin

  "Residential schools and the papal bulls justifying the fallacious doctrine of discovery call out for concrete acts of atonement and reparation on the part of the church."

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• SOURCE: Axios
  7/26/2022
  

  Pope Francis Seeks Forgiveness from Indigenous Canadians over Residential School Abuses

  "I am deeply sorry, sorry for the ways in which, regrettably, many Christians supported the colonizing mentality of the powers that oppressed the Indigenous peoples," Francis said.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  5/22/2022
  

  "We're Still Here": Past and Present Collide at a Native American Residential School

  What is the experience of Native American students at one of the few surviving government-run indigenous residential schools in the United States? 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/8/2022
  

  What Does Pope Francis's Apology Mean to Indigenous Americans?

  by Annie Selak

  "Pope Francis apologized on April 1, 2022, to First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations, acknowledging the harm done by residential schools in Canada and marking a crucial step in the church admitting its role in the abuse of Indigenous communities and children."

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10/11/2021
  

  Canada is Going through its Own History Wars

  by Ian Rocksborough-Smith

  "To what degree will well-established professional historians and scholars respond and engage with younger generations of activists, intellectuals and cultural workers adamant about centring the experiences of marginalized people?"