Then, in 1990, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Phil Fontaine, spoke out publicly about the sexual abuse he had suffered at a residential school. Many others were emboldened to ...

“It really is an educational piece in the sense that it traces the history of human rights in Alberta right up to the present ...

Canadian researchers and advocates have published a list of more than 100 priests and religious workers who served in the country’s controversial Indigenous “residential schools” that ...

Two tribal nations are suing the U.S. government for misusing trust funds meant for Native children's education to finance abusive boarding schools. The lawsuit demands an accounting of an ...

Phil Fontaine said the federal, provincial and territorial governments are trying to demolish First Nations rights and interests as they move to accelerate project approvals in a way that does not ...

Sometimes a school district will utilize an old building to fill a new need, like administration or technology. Often the properties are simply sold. One use is to convert them for residential needs.

When Iko’tsimiskimaki “Ekoo” Beck’s colleagues at the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition traveled to Washington to digitize Indian boarding school records ...

The last residential school closed in the 1990s, and survivors have reported suffering rampant physical, emotional and sexual abuse during their time as pupils. Researchers published a list naming ...

Earlier this year, The New York Times published an investigation into Tibetan boarding schools, which “assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into ...

Also known as Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, many spend at least part of the day learning about residential schools, where Indigenous children were forced into government ...