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Guest Speaker Pete Hill : Native American Residential Boarding Schools : Moving from a basic understanding towards healing

Speaker: Pete Hill, Special Initiatives Director Native American Community Services

This session will provide an understanding of Native American Residential Boarding Schools and the many consequences and residual impacts of that system. We will discuss recent updates and ongoing efforts for a greater understanding of how these issues can be addressed. We will also share some thoughts about being a good ally of Indigenous peoples and communities given the history of these schools. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Race Unity Circle of Olean.

 

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