ELCA Hears From Indigenous Boarding School Survivor Ahead of National Day of Remembrance
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is one of several mainline denominations reckoning with the role they played in the federal boarding school system.
Native American Group To Digitize 20,000 Archival Pages Linked to Quaker-Run Indian Boarding Schools
The Quakers and other faith groups — including Episcopalians, Methodists, and Catholics — have in recent years either begun or increased efforts to research and atone for their prior roles in cutting off Native children from their families, tribes, and traditions.
More Than Mere Words
This issue of A Public Witness explores three examples of impactful denominational resolutions to show why it matters when Christians decide to speak with one voice. The model resolutions include two statements decrying the historic mistreatment of Indigenous peoples and a resolution about the war
United Methodists’ Native American International Caucus Calls for End to Columbus Day
The Native American International Caucus, which advocates for Native Americans both inside and outside of the UMC, is calling on lawmakers to get rid of Columbus Day. To replace the federal holiday, which this year falls on Oct. 10, the caucus is asking Congress to
Missionaries Gain Access to Amazon’s Indigenous Peoples Despite Pandemic
When the first COVID-19 cases hit Brazil in March, the government agency in charge of protecting the country’s Indigenous peoples ordered all civilians to leave the Indigenous reservations. But a new law made an exception for one group: Christian missionaries. And some people aren’t happy.
Died: Robert Finley, Reformer of Foreign Missions
Robert Finley — who founded Christian Aid Mission, considered the first missionary organization dedicated to supporting indigenous missions abroad — died last week at age 96.