“Please don’t speak Eskimo” taken in St. Mary’s catholic boarding school, Alaska, 1914

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image showing “Please don’t speak Eskimo” taken in St. Mary’s catholic boarding school, Alaska, 1914

LovingNaples on September 19th, 2024 at 00:19 UTC »

Historically this is what oppressors do. Outlaw the language of the vanquished is high up in the playbook, worldwide.

viewbtwnvillages on September 19th, 2024 at 01:01 UTC »

when i was in grade 12 we had a survivor of a residential school come and talk to us about her experience

obviously all of it was horrific but the one thing that has always stuck with me was how rape was so prominent, that in the dorm rooms the older girls would sleep in the beds closest to the door in hopes that when the dorm supervisor selected one he'd leave the younger girls alone

DJMagicHandz on September 19th, 2024 at 01:12 UTC »

My aunt (by marriage) is Inuit and she's told me about the horror stories of so called people of God trying to extinguish their culture.