University of Alberta Indigenous association hosts talk on how to confront residential school denialism

Benjamin Kucher, president of the Indigenous Graduate Students’ Association (ISGA) at the University of Alberta, says denialism about the harmful legacy of Indian residential schools has picked up. He doesn’t have to go far to illustrate his point. As the association prepares to host University of Manitoba historian and…

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At least 33 Canadian churches have burned to the ground since May 2021. Only 2 were accidents

In a barren field of sagebrush alongside a road through the Osoyoos Indian Band, Chief Clarence Louie stands atop a concrete pad and surveys the rubble in front of him. This used to be the front entrance to St. Gregory’s, the simple wooden church that hosted countless community celebrations, dinners and religious services, on the […]

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Yes, 1923’s Most Horrifying Scene Is Based On Real Life

The 1923 Indian School scenes make for the show’s most harrowing moments in the Yellowstone period-drama spinoff — and the horrific abuse is made all the more difficult to watch by being based on real history. The 1923 scenes in question depict the physical and emotional abuse inside a Catholic boarding school…

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Catholic Church historian looking for ‘honest assessment’ of Indigenous boarding schools in Oklahoma

An oral historian has begun conducting interviews with people whose family histories are intertwined with Oklahoma Catholic boarding schools for Native Americans. The interviews of former boarding school students and their descendants are being conducted to glean information for the Oklahoma Catholic Native Schools Project…

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