Two reports detail Federal Indian Boarding Schools afer a wide-ranging investigation and 'road to healing' listening sessions.

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November 26, 2024
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** Historic Investigation of U.S. Boarding Schools for Native Children Ends With Scathing Report ([link removed])
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For the first time in its 248-year existence, the United States government investigated its own Federal Indian Boarding Schools ([link removed]) , a genocidal ([link removed]) element of the racist settler colonial project by which the country was formed. From the passage of the Civilization Fund Act in 1819 up until 1969, the U.S. government stole Indigenous children from their parents, and separated and killed family members as part of a broader policy to steal territory and sever the cultural, economic and spiritual ties between Indigenous peoples.

Children were forced into boarding schools to assimilate to the European settlers’ way of life. They lived in harsh conditions and were subjected to forms of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, death, disease, and starvation. Indigenous children dealt with a full erasure of their identity — having their physical appearance altered, names changed, and Christianity forced upon them. The justification used by the U.S. government was to “kill the Indian, save the man,” as said by Richard Henry Pratt, the founder of the first boarding school, Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

Launched by U.S. Dept. of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland — the first Indigenous person to hold the position — the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative included a lengthy fact-finding mission along and a pathway for the government to pave a road to healing. Read our newest article featuring the two investigative reports ([link removed]) on boarding schools. Unicorn Riot attended three ‘Road to Healing’ listening sessions, see our coverage below.
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US Department of Interior Hosts California Listening Sessions on Federal Indian Boarding Schools [Sept. 15, 2023] ([link removed])
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US Dept. of Interior Continues Boarding School Listening Sessions, Visits Minnesota [June 3, 2023] ([link removed])
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U.S. Department of Interior Halfway through “Road to Healing” Tour [Feb. 3, 2023] ([link removed])


** Upcoming Holiday
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Thanksgiving Day is framed as a time to connect with family, yet the roots of the holiday come from the massacres of Indigenous people in the U.S. Four years ago, we sat down with Wanbli Máyašleča ([link removed]) (Francis Yellow), an artist, healer, teacher, and Native American elder to hear his perspectives on Thanksgiving. (Wanbli passed into the spirit world in 2023.)
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** Hearing in MN Supreme Court on Dec. 10
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ICYMI: The ACLU Will Represent Unicorn Riot at Minnesota Supreme Court Hearing in Latest Filing From Years-long DAPL Protest Suit ([link removed]) — Oral arguments are set to be heard in Minnesota’s Supreme Court on Dec. 10, 2024 at 9 a.m. in the Minnesota Judicial Center, Courtroom 300. Click here to find out more information and to donate to help us recoup some of the $50,000 we’ve spent on legal costs to protect press freedoms. ([link removed])
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