A new church document cites a “history of trauma” inflicted on Native Americans, including generations of children removed from their families to be forcibly assimilated.
Clarita Vargas, 64, one of the survivors of St. Mary’s Mission, an Indian boarding school, stands in the St. Mary’s church on the Colville Reservation on Feb. 20 in Omak, Wash. The organization that represents Catholic bishops in the United States is set to vote Friday morning on a document that apologizes for the church’s role in inflicting a “history of trauma” on Native Americans, including
The document does not specifically mention sexual abuse at the boarding schools, but says “we all must do our part to increase awareness and break the culture of silence that surrounds all types of afflictions and past mistreatment and neglect.” “Historical traumas are a significant contributor to the breakdown of family life among many Indigenous peoples,” the document states.
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