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This needs to be known

Repost @bunkhaus #215children were recovered at a Residential School in what is now called Canada. In the midst of mourning this stark reminder of colonizatio...n and violence experienced by Indigenous people, we’ve realized many non-Native allies may not understand this complex history and why our community is in mourning. While this news directly implicates the Canadian government, the painful reality is that this was not an anomaly. The long history of forcible assimilation encompasses US Indian boarding schools and continues to affect Native peoples and communities today. This is not an event of the past. We collectively feel the trauma that was caused by Federal Boarding School policy carried out by the U.S. Government and the Christian Church. There were 357 known forcible assimilation schools operated in the United States. The last boarding school in the US closed its doors in 1973. It wasn’t until 1978 with the passing of the Indian Child Welfare Act that Native American parents gained the legal right to deny their children’s placement in off-reservation schools. The boarding schools opened a hundred years earlier with one goal: to assimilate and exterminate Native people through violent and abusive acts committed against Native children. The bodies recovered over the weekend were from one school in Canada. There were over 400 Residential and Boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada during this era. We hope this post sets you on a journey to uncovering more of the history you weren’t taught in school. For additional resources, please visit @nabshc. Photos by @niea1969 @redcorn @leahsalgado @savannahromero Words by Savannah Romero See more

In the most loving and heartbreaking spirit I can muster I am holding the souls of all the indigenous children who made it and who didn’t make it. It is so much... to bear. Every day. Children as young as toddlers taken by the government and Catholic Church. Ripped from the arms of parents who were beaten or killed for resisting. This is the soul wound we carry. This is genocide long after smallpox blankets and bounties. All of it resonates and it will forever. We make it better by telling the truth. By being anti racist. By honoring the treaties. By supporting tribal sovereignty and wellbeing. We carry this burden and this sadness. You can help us as we heal by elevating our voices and respecting our past, present, and future. See more

Shout out to Shawn Yazzie (Navajo/Sac&Fox/Comanche) who was able to compete at the 2021 USA Gymnastics Development Program Nationals Championships in Florida th...is past Sunday. He placed in the top 20 in the Nation for Level 8 gymnastics by placing 18th overall and medaling 3rd on Floor. With so my talented gymnast in the U.S. he was the only Native American. #NativePreps #Navajo #Comanche #SacFox See more