$ Toward Truth and Healing: How Churches Face Accountability for their Indian Boarding Schools (Discipleship Ministries)
November 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
In Right Relationship with Native Peoples in partnership with Truth and Healing-Churches and Indian Boarding Schools (an ecumenical committee from several denominations) will host a webinar that explores denominational histories with Indian boarding schools, “Toward Truth and Healing: How Churches Face Accountability for their Indian Boarding Schools.” The webinar, scheduled for Sunday, November 10 (8:00-9:30 p.m., ET; 7:00-8:30 p.m., CT; 6:00-7:30 p.m., MT; 5:00-6:30 p.m., PT) will also update recent research.
Christian denominations across the United States once operated Indian boarding schools in conjunction with the federal government’s policy of forced assimilation. These institutions played a significant role in displacing Native American children from their families, erasing cultural identities, and causing lasting harm to Native communities. Many churches are revisiting their roles in this painful history and considering how they can move toward healing, accountability, and reparation for the damage done.
This past September, the General Commission on Archives and History offered presentations at the Tenth Historical Convocation in Bozeman, Montana, on “Native Americans and Methodism in the Pacific Northwest,” “The Freedmen,” “Native Americans and the AME,” and “Japanese Internment Camps and Methodists.” A report on United Methodist Indian Boarding schools was also offered. Click here to read the report. This powerful learning experience shed light on the past. We hope wrestling with the past in life-giving ways can help us move forward and provide healing. ”The United Methodist Indigenous Boarding School” report will be included in the November webinar, along with reports from other denominations.
During the webinar, a panel of representatives from Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Methodist, and Quaker traditions will discuss how their faith communities are conducting research, issuing apologies, and engaging in efforts of reconciliation and reparations.
$5 – $50
