Indigenous Voices: Truth telling and Healing
- Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
- Call for Papers: Church Roles in the History and Continuing Impacts of the Boarding School Policy of the 19th and 20th Century
- National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Education
- Truth and Healing Curriculum & Curriculum Resources
- U.S. (Indian) Boarding School History
- List of Indian Boarding Schools in the United States
- Interactive Map
- Impact of Historical Trauma
- Beyond Colonizing Epistemicides: Toward a Decolonizing Framework for Indigenous Education (Doctoral Dissertation by S.B. Torres)
- Native Knowledge 360
- Struggling with Cultural Repression
- Tips, Gallery
see also: Teacher Materials, Student Materials, and Reflection Questions
Recommended Reading
- NABS Boarding School Experiences Book List
- Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva; analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance.
- We Are Still Here by JR Norwood
Current, Contemporary Federal Measures
- Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report, May 2022, Department of the Interior
- Call for the establishment of a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools in the United States – govtrack S. 1723
- National Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) – SCOTUS has ruled in favor of the Indian Child Welfare Act; proper implementation of ICWA intentions requires State codification.
- Codify ICWA: The Lakota People’s Law Project view, with regional representatives’ contact information and resources.
Creating Spaces of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9th annually
- Indigenous Peoples Day – Celebrated on the second Monday of October in many parts of the U.S.; …celebrate indigenous history and our new beginning together, honoring Native Americans for shaping the contours of this country since time immemorial ~President Biden
- Orange Shirt Day – Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 30th annually, promotes awareness about the Indian residential school system still impacting Native American communities in the U.S. and Canada and remembers those who never returned home.
- The Apology Now
- Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
- United Nations Treaty Handbook: Shackamaxon Treaty of Amity
Advocating for Indigenous Children’s Rights & “Personhood” of All Creation
- Quakers, Indian Boarding Schools, and Indigenous Justice Today
- Quaker Statements on Indigenous Justice and Indian Boarding Schools
- Native Healing Coalition Partners with Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges to Digitize Records From Quaker-Operated Indian Boarding Schools
- Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools in the U.S., UPDATE/ REQUIRING ACTION ANEW IN THIS 118th CONGRESS: govtrack S. 1723; FCNL advocacy
- Indian Child Welfare Act upheld by SCOTUS, Lakota People’s Law Project calls for state codification – advocate by writing (sample letter) to your state representatives
- Coalition of Natives and Allies – advocating to end harmful mascotry, through sharing historic truths, data, and reliable research
- Delaware Riverkeeper Network encourages Friends to consider supporting Lenapewihitukk (Delaware River) by Denouncing Transport of Liquified Nitrogen Gas