Finished a book recently on North St. Louis County regarding slavery in the region and guess what group featured prominently?

like the history of The Catholic church, is very revealing in explaining mass and unmarked
graves at "educational" institutions around the world operated by them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus

Twenty thousand bucks here and fifty thousand bucks there is pocket change for
The Jesuits and The Catholic Church. In Canada the Indigenous people are still
waiting for reparations that the Catholic church gave lip service to.

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen it was the Jesuits who enslaved people and were so very charming to the folks at their educational institutions.

What a wonderful bunch of fellas..........

I saw this on 60 Minutes recently, and it was devastating. As someone who teaches in a school with a majority of Native American Indian students, I appreciate it very much. The first step in healing is understanding, even if it is difficult. I am thankful the Secretary Haaland is involved and not only raising awareness, she is taking action, so long denied to the first Americans. again, thank you TexasTowelle.

and welcome to DU.

to the damage of the abusive assimilation schools.

In the US the same things happened but the US has been in total denial until Secretary Haaland opened this period up for investigation. Native people in the US have the same stories to tell, but often the pain, embarrassment, and sense of shame from those experiences makes it difficult for them to come forward and talk about it, especially when nobody would acknowledge the truth of what they had to say.