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Biden Administration to Review 'Troubled Legacy' of Indian Residential Schools
The U.S. government funded hundreds of residential schools for American Indians
Hirshauer, John http://www.theamericanconservat
Publisher: American Conservative
Date Written: 31/03/2022
Year Published: 2022
Resource Type: Article
The Interior Department's press release says the commission will "shed light on the unspoken traumas of the past" and promised to "respect families and communities."
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The Interior Department's press release claimed the commission will "shed light on the unspoken traumas of the past" and promised to "respect families and communities." It reads a lot like any mass email from a progressive organization - heavy on jargon. With the references to "identities" and "communities" you almost forget that the students in question were real people who went to real schools with real teachers.
I read a reflection from a woman whose relatives went to the Carlisle Indian School. Her description of her visit to the Carlisle cemetery with her father better captures the humanity of these students.
" I was so surprised when we got there because you just had to pull over on the grass and walk across the street to a cemetery. No lines of people, we didn’t need to pay for anything, it was just there. Cars drove by as though there was nothing to see here; we were the only ones who were at the small cemetery. Dad explained that our relatives weren’t in the cemetery but it was important to acknowledge the students who didn’t make it home so he took out his pocket knife, scratched the ground and took a piece of a beaded keychain and lightly buried it so the souls of the children would know we had been there."
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