An Evensong for the Victims and Survivors
of the Indian Boarding Schools
Saturday, September 28, 2024 6:30 pm
St. Gabriel the Archangel Episcopal Church
17435 N.W. West Union Road Portland, Oregon 97229
“The truth about the U.S. Indian boarding school policy has largely been written out of the history books. There were more than 523 government-funded, and often church-run, Indian Boarding schools across the U.S. in the 19th and 20th centuries. Indian children were forcibly abducted by government agents, sent to schools hundreds of miles away, and beaten, starved, or otherwise abused when they spoke their Native languages.” From the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
The people of St. Gabriel Episcopal Church invite you to join us in an Evensong for the Victims and Survivors of the Indian Boarding Schools. Through words and music, sounds and silence, we will grieve the Native children, families, and communities who were victims of the boarding schools, acknowledge the ongoing intergenerational trauma and commit ourselves to the work of truth and reconciliation with the Indigenous communities in the church.
This evening donations will be accepted to support Indigi-Aid. Indigi-Aid is a partnership between the Indigenous Ministries of the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan and scores of many Episcopal communities to raise money for food, basic need items, and medical supplies to aid our Indigenous communities across the Episcopal Church.
All are welcome to attend.
~Painting by Bobby Von Martin, Choctaw Nation
