The Catholic Church ran most of Canada's residential schools. For many Indigenous students forced to attend, men and women religious are a reminder of past abuse. An organization helps religious and Indigenous communities overcome that rift.
"Aren't we supposed to be the good people? ... But our intent was so different than our impact." U.S. women religious look at a legacy of schools that were part of a federal policy attempting to destroy Native culture.
Stringing Rosaries by Denise Lajimodiere, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota, shares 16 oral histories of boarding school survivors.
