Film Screening for "Dawnland" (topic: Indigenous child removal policy and cultural destruction)
Tue, Nov 19
|Washington
We strive to match The BTS Center’s vision—of human hearts renewed, justice established, and creation restored—with the practice of collective self-examination. We need to hear and heed the stories and lived-experiences of the people whose roots are in this place, and who have suffered from...
Time & Location
Nov 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Washington, 115 W Washington St, Washington, IA 52353, USA
About the Event
“For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to ‘save them from being Indian.’ In Maine, the first official Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the United States begins a historic investigation. Dawnland goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.” (from Upstander Project’s website)