Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
IN A RARE light moment during a Sunday panel on Native American survivors of Catholic boarding schools, the three speakers smile while addressing the audience. From left are Linda Cobe of Naubinway, Robert ("Bob") Hazen of Bruce Crossing and Tom Biron of Marquette. For full coverage, see page 21.
By PAMELA JANSSON
WATERSMEET TOWNSHIP - Sunday afternoon in Watersmeet was long, sad and heavy, but also full of love, light and hope.
It was the setting for a panel discussion by local Native American survivors of former re-education efforts, which existed in the early to mid-20th Century as a result of governmental directives and the cooperation of various religious institutions who willfully removed children around the nation from their own homes and placed them in foster care with white families and/or in designated boarding schools.
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