"1923" Catholic horrors

[Anonymous]

The United States GOVERNMENT (not the Catholic church) forced Native Americans families to send their children to boarding schools. Why does the crappy government get a pass on their violent past?

Native American Boarding Schools (also known as Indian Boarding Schools) were established by the U.S. government in the late 19th century as an effort to assimilate Indigenous youth into mainstream American culture through education. This era was part of the United States’ overall attempt to kill, annihilate, or assimilate Indigenous peoples and eradicate Indigenous culture.

The Native American assimilation era first began in 1819, when the U.S. Congress passed The Civilization Fund Act. The act encouraged American education to be provided to Indigenous societies and therefore enforced the “civilization process".

The passing of this act eventually led to the creation of the federally funded Native American Boarding Schools and initiated the beginning of the Indian Boarding School era. The duration of this era ran from 1860 until 1978. Approximately 357 boarding schools operated across 30 states during this era both on and off reservations and housed over 60,000 native children. A third of these boarding schools were operated by Christian missionaries as well as members of the federal government.

Native American Boarding Schools first began operating in 1860 when the Bureau of Indian Affairs established the first on-reservation boarding school on the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington. Shortly after, the first off-reservation boarding school was established in 1879. The Carlisle Indian School located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania was founded by Richard Henry Pratt. He modeled the boarding school off an education program he designed while overseeing Fort Marion Prison in St. Augustine, Florida. He developed the program after experimenting with Native American assimilation education on imprisoned and captive Indigenous peoples. Pratt served as the Headmaster of the Carlisle Indian School for 25 years and was famously known for his highly influential philosophy which he described in a speech he gave in 1892. He stated, “A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one. In a sense, I agree with the sentiment, but only in this: that all the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.”

https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/us-residential-schools

The government did this.

Attendance to the boarding schools was made mandatory by the U.S. Government regardless of whether or not Indigenous families gave their consent. Upon arrival, Native children were given Anglo-American names, bathed in kerosene, given military-style clothing in exchange for their traditional clothing, and their hair would be shaved off for the boys and cut into short bob styles for girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The United States GOVERNMENT (not the Catholic church) forced Native Americans families to send their children to boarding schools. Why does the crappy government get a pass on their violent past?

Native American Boarding Schools (also known as Indian Boarding Schools) were established by the U.S. government in the late 19th century as an effort to assimilate Indigenous youth into mainstream American culture through education. This era was part of the United States’ overall attempt to kill, annihilate, or assimilate Indigenous peoples and eradicate Indigenous culture.

The Native American assimilation era first began in 1819, when the U.S. Congress passed The Civilization Fund Act. The act encouraged American education to be provided to Indigenous societies and therefore enforced the “civilization process".

The passing of this act eventually led to the creation of the federally funded Native American Boarding Schools and initiated the beginning of the Indian Boarding School era. The duration of this era ran from 1860 until 1978. Approximately 357 boarding schools operated across 30 states during this era both on and off reservations and housed over 60,000 native children. A third of these boarding schools were operated by Christian missionaries as well as members of the federal government.

Native American Boarding Schools first began operating in 1860 when the Bureau of Indian Affairs established the first on-reservation boarding school on the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington. Shortly after, the first off-reservation boarding school was established in 1879. The Carlisle Indian School located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania was founded by Richard Henry Pratt. He modeled the boarding school off an education program he designed while overseeing Fort Marion Prison in St. Augustine, Florida. He developed the program after experimenting with Native American assimilation education on imprisoned and captive Indigenous peoples. Pratt served as the Headmaster of the Carlisle Indian School for 25 years and was famously known for his highly influential philosophy which he described in a speech he gave in 1892. He stated, “A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one. In a sense, I agree with the sentiment, but only in this: that all the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.”

https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/us-residential-schools

The government did this.

Attendance to the boarding schools was made mandatory by the U.S. Government regardless of whether or not Indigenous families gave their consent. Upon arrival, Native children were given Anglo-American names, bathed in kerosene, given military-style clothing in exchange for their traditional clothing, and their hair would be shaved off for the boys and cut into short bob styles for girls.

Terrible -- and we wouldn't/don't do this type of thing today. We have been taught to respect other religions, even while practicing a different religion. Someday, hopefully soon, this respect will extend to people who do not practice any religion at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The movie chose a Catholic storyline, but that is a tiny sliver of the atrocities of this US government program to assimilate Native American children. Catholic orders ran about 20% of the government’s abusive schools. Others were run by other religious organizations and private contractors. I’m sure the government would love for this to be just another Catholic bashing chapter in history. Don’t let them off the hook. Accountability across the board.

Thanks this is interesting info

What I’m sorry did you miss the whole Catholic Church child abuse scandal and how the church still hides and moves priests

Oh dear how about the unwed mothers homes in the 1960s my neighbor got the crap beat out of her at one of those

The Catholic Church has crap history in this country fact

Did you miss how much of SCOTUS who is trying to destroy the US is Catholic

Biden and Pelosi and many others are also Catholic. You cannot pigeon-hole Catholics -- they are the epitome of both sides, and it isn't a bad thing.

[Anonymous]

Paris Hilton recently became the celebrity face behind a new bill to stop modern day horrors at modern day boarding schools. She allegedly endured in one of these boarding schools. It -abuse- is still happening.

From: https://nypost.com/2023/04/27/paris-hilton-claims-abuse-at-troubled-teen-facility-pushes-reform/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The movie chose a Catholic storyline, but that is a tiny sliver of the atrocities of this US government program to assimilate Native American children. Catholic orders ran about 20% of the government’s abusive schools. Others were run by other religious organizations and private contractors. I’m sure the government would love for this to be just another Catholic bashing chapter in history. Don’t let them off the hook. Accountability across the board.

Thanks this is interesting info

What I’m sorry did you miss the whole Catholic Church child abuse scandal and how the church still hides and moves priests

Oh dear how about the unwed mothers homes in the 1960s my neighbor got the crap beat out of her at one of those

The Catholic Church has crap history in this country fact

Did you miss how much of SCOTUS who is trying to destroy the US is Catholic

Biden and Pelosi and many others are also Catholic. You cannot pigeon-hole Catholics -- they are the epitome of both sides, and it isn't a bad thing.

Calm down Francis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paris Hilton recently became the celebrity face behind a new bill to stop modern day horrors at modern day boarding schools. She allegedly endured in one of these boarding schools. It -abuse- is still happening.

From: https://nypost.com/2023/04/27/paris-hilton-claims-abuse-at-troubled-teen-facility-pushes-reform/

+1

People here will push Catholic hate and ignore everything else bad in the entire world.

[Anonymous]

I’ve come to the conclusion that any organization where people are asked to believe and espouse things without evidence and where authority comes from unseen actors leads to abuse of power.

All power already leads to abuse because we’re humans but the nature of most religions makes it worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paris Hilton recently became the celebrity face behind a new bill to stop modern day horrors at modern day boarding schools. She allegedly endured in one of these boarding schools. It -abuse- is still happening.

From: https://nypost.com/2023/04/27/paris-hilton-claims-abuse-at-troubled-teen-facility-pushes-reform/

+1

People here will push Catholic hate and ignore everything else bad in the entire world.

I bet it only seems that way to Catholics. Jews feel a lot of hate directed towards them. Atheists seem to be fair game too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paris Hilton recently became the celebrity face behind a new bill to stop modern day horrors at modern day boarding schools. She allegedly endured in one of these boarding schools. It -abuse- is still happening.

From: https://nypost.com/2023/04/27/paris-hilton-claims-abuse-at-troubled-teen-facility-pushes-reform/

+1

People here will push Catholic hate and ignore everything else bad in the entire world.

I bet it only seems that way to Catholics. Jews feel a lot of hate directed towards them. Atheists seem to be fair game too.

Were there any Jewish run Indian boarding schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paris Hilton recently became the celebrity face behind a new bill to stop modern day horrors at modern day boarding schools. She allegedly endured in one of these boarding schools. It -abuse- is still happening.

From: https://nypost.com/2023/04/27/paris-hilton-claims-abuse-at-troubled-teen-facility-pushes-reform/

+1

People here will push Catholic hate and ignore everything else bad in the entire world.

I bet it only seems that way to Catholics. Jews feel a lot of hate directed towards them. Atheists seem to be fair game too.

Were there any Jewish run Indian boarding schools?

These schools also existed in Canada. The Canadian government did the exact same thing. It appears from this article that Jewish run Native American conversion boarding schools never existed, and that the Jewish faith never participated. Here is what I found: https://therealnews.com/u...ng-schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paris Hilton recently became the celebrity face behind a new bill to stop modern day horrors at modern day boarding schools. She allegedly endured in one of these boarding schools. It -abuse- is still happening.

From: https://nypost.com/2023/04/27/paris-hilton-claims-abuse-at-troubled-teen-facility-pushes-reform/

+1

People here will push Catholic hate and ignore everything else bad in the entire world.

I bet it only seems that way to Catholics. Jews feel a lot of hate directed towards them. Atheists seem to be fair game too.

Were there any Jewish run Indian boarding schools?

These schools also existed in Canada. The Canadian government did the exact same thing. It appears from this article that Jewish run Native American conversion boarding schools never existed, and that the Jewish faith never participated. Here is what I found: https://therealnews.com/u...ng-schools

Here is the proper link: https://therealnews.com/unearthing-the-horror-of-native-american-boarding-schools

[Anonymous]

An article supported by the Goodman Institute for Investigative Journalism on how the Catholic Church stole $30 million from Native families; she also authored a 2019 article in The Atlantic exposing the horror of Indigenous children being stolen from their homes and put in boarding schools. This article is specific to the Catholic Church. The author emergence of the Catholic Church dominated in this boarding school arena.
Here’s a particular article:
https://inthesetimes.com/article/catholic-church-mission-schools-investigation-treaty-ojibwe-native-people

[Anonymous]

“…Many Christian denominations have apologized for their involvement in operating Indian residential and boarding schools both in the United States and Canada. The Catholic Church, however, has not issued an apology...”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“…Many Christian denominations have apologized for their involvement in operating Indian residential and boarding schools both in the United States and Canada. The Catholic Church, however, has not issued an apology...”

outrageous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“…Many Christian denominations have apologized for their involvement in operating Indian residential and boarding schools both in the United States and Canada. The Catholic Church, however, has not issued an apology...”

outrageous.

According to NPR in July, 2022, that is not true. https://www.npr.org/2022/07/25/1113378991/pope-apology-canada-indigenous-schools . Pope Francis has issued an apology.

"MASKWACIS, Alberta — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's "catastrophic" policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today.

"I am sorry," Francis said, ..."