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Fri Jul 29

Christianity was a major part of Indigenous boarding schools – a historian whose family survived them explains

Written by Brenda J. Child, Professor of American Studies, University of Minnesota

Gilda Soosay, president of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Parish Council in Maskwacis, Canada, where Pope Francis visited the site of a state school for Indigenous children.Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images

During a weeklong trip to Canada, Pope Francis visited a former residential school for Indigenous children in Maskwacis, Alberta, on July 25, 2022. T...

Christianity was a major part of Indigenous boarding schools – a historian whose family survived them explains

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