Educators on the Fort Apache Reservation have repeatedly condemned teens for participating in a sacred dance. It follows a pattern of Christian discipline begun more than a century ago
  • beepaboopa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    4 months ago

    I would agree, but it also wasn’t a public school. Parochial schools in some places can be lax on the “Monday through Friday” type of school and focus on the Sunday School part.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      4 months ago

      WTF is a Lutheran school doing on a reservation to begin with? Why would any Native American even want to send their kids to it?

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        4 months ago

        After reading the article and thinking about it more, I have another question:

        Isn’t it time to start considering missionary work to be a hate crime?