132K views · 929 reactions | “Terms the explorers used are English agricultural terms. It just amazes me that I never heard any of this in all the years of my education. Even right up to university. I don't think that's right.” Bruce Pascoe says children deserve to know the true history of Indigenous Australia to allow for better decisions into the future | ABC The Drum | Facebook

"These children's stories have been cast aside, forgotten, lost, as if this tragedy never happened. These children matter. Their stories matter," shared Chief Ben Barnes (Shawnee), at the May 12 hearing on bill H.R. 5444 The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.⠀ ⠀ So many of our families are impacted by the terrible and shameful history of boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada. Finally, the federal government is beginning to confront the trauma it has inflicted