The Quaker legacy in the colonization of the indigenous population of North America (Turtle Island) was a central theme of the 2023 Friends Association for Higher Education annual conference at Haverford College. Hence, FAHE is happy to share this opportunity to learn more about and participate in the Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools Research Network.
A Call for Researchers on the Quaker Indian Boarding Schools
Quaker Superintendent Asa C. Tuttle, Quaker teachers, and Native students at Ottowa Modoc School in Indian Territory, 1877.
Courtesy of Haverford College’s Quaker Collections.
During the 19th century, almost all Christian denominations collaborated with the U.S. government’s policy of forced assimilation by operating “Indian boarding schools.” Now the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) and the U.S. Department of the Interior are calling on churches to provide information about their participation in this program of cultural genocide. How are Quakers responding to this call?
The Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools Research Network (QIBS) is a group of volunteer researchers who are gathering information about Quaker-operated and Quaker-influenced boarding schools. Their research will be made available to Native American tribes and family members, DoI investigators, and the public. In this webinar, QIBS researchers will share some of their findings and discuss their research process. They will invite interested researchers to join them in this work of truth-telling, accountability, and collaboration.
For background information, watch this slide presentation.
Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples is a program of
Friends Association for Higher Education 