In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Christian churches collaborated with the government to create hundreds of boarding schools for Native American children.
Many Quaker organizations, meetings, and churches are sharing their concern around Indigenous justice and Indian boarding schools.
Following FCNL’s tradition of witnessing in solidarity with Native Americans, we are amplifying the efforts of Native advocates to formalize this truth-telling process in current legislation.
FCNL welcomed important legislation to investigate and address the atrocities committed at Indian boarding schools throughout the US in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Quakers managed at least 30 of these schools, and conditions were brutal.
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