Friends are answering the call from sovereign Indigenous communities, researching and acknowledging Friends’ roles in Indian Boarding Schools, toward acts of righting relations with Native Nations’ Peoples – those on whose land we benefit. A network of Friends, east coast to Alaska, have found unity in forming the Quaker Indian Boarding School (QIBS) Research Group and have written a 2025 QIBS Epistle. Initiator and facilitator of both Salem Quarter IAC and PYM First Contact Reconciliation Collaborative participates in the QIBS research and is an epistle signatory. Thoughtful responses may be submitted to FCRC via emailing SacredWovenWord@yahoo.com. [Read more…] about Epistle from the Quaker Indian Boarding School (QIBS) Research Group
