TrueAnon Episode 167: Church And State
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Jul 8, 2021 Join John Kane, a Native rights advocate and host of Let's Talk Native, as he delves into the dark legacy of residential schools in the U.S. and Canada. He reveals their unsettling purpose of erasing Native identity and the horrific conditions faced by children. Discover grim truths about burial sites, systemic abuse, and the lasting impacts on Native communities today. Kane challenges the definitions around genocide and urges a need for truth and reconciliation, emphasizing the importance of addressing both historical and contemporary injustices.
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Schools As State-Church Assimilation Policy
- Residential schools were government-funded, church-run institutions designed to strip Native children of culture and assimilate them.
- John Kane frames these schools as a deliberate policy to 'kill the Indian, save the man' and erase Native identities.
Policy Evolution: Extermination To Termination
- U.S. policy toward Native peoples evolved from extermination and removal to assimilation, termination, and constrained self-determination.
- Kane links residential schools directly to the assimilation and termination stages of federal policy.
Burials Reveal A Deeper Cover-Up
- Burial discoveries in Canada are only the visible part of a much larger, long-running pattern of deaths and cover-ups at these schools.
- Kane cites Bryce and Merriam reports showing official awareness and undercounting of deaths.
