“… Quakers could begin to make reparations by funding Indigenous language schools.
[As suggested by a member of Twin Cities Meeting] “An important step Friends can take, both individually and collectively to address the deep harms caused by boarding schools is to support Native language revitalization. One of the key ways that Native children in boarding schools were harmed was by being forbidden to use their own language and often treated brutally if they did.”
From Friends Journal, January 1, 2023, article by Sharlee DiMenichi
The BYM Indigenous Affairs Committee contributed to this column.
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