23 renters to share in landlord harassment settlement
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| Historic preservation officer Jaime Arsenault looks at historic boarding school photos in the cramped tribal archives.Dan Gunderson | MPR News |
By Dan Gunderson
American Indian children from White Earth Nation and other reservations were sent to boarding schools across the country, starting in the late 1800s. The federal government used the schools to separate Native children from their families, culture and language, part of an effort to assimilate American Indians into white society.
There were at least 16 Indian boarding schools in Minnesota, most operated by religious orders. Many children were deeply traumatized by physical and sexual abuse, punished for speaking their language and stripped of their culture.
"There was a lot lost at that time — loss of culture, loss of identity," said Joe LaGarde, a White Earth tribal elder. “And that's all a part of how you take a person's land. You take away their identity. Once they lose that, it's a lot easier to deal with them.”
Earlier this year, the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., formally apologized to the White Earth Nation for harm caused to generations of Native Americans at church-run boarding schools. A tribal official said it was one of the first direct apologies from a religious order to a tribal nation in the United States. [Continue reading] | |
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23 renters to share in landlord harassment settlement: A federal judge on Monday ordered a Minneapolis landlord to pay $750,000 to settle allegations of sexual harassment against his tenants, who are mostly single Black mothers.
Prosecutor considers Proctor High School charges: St. Louis County prosecutors say they’re now examining evidence for possible charges following an investigation into allegations of misconduct by members of the Proctor High School football program.
Mayo Clinic study sounds alarm on nurse mental health: A new, large-scale study from Mayo Clinic finds that nurses are more likely to experience suicidal ideation than other workers in the U.S. The team behind the study collected its data well before the pandemic hit, and says the situation needs urgent attention. | |
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