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Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Canada will again provide an opportunity for him to listen to and speak with Indigenous people.
The visit relates to the Roman Catholic-run residential schools where First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were taken from their families, with many subjected to multiple abuses and some never making it home.
Today in The Conversation, Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo of Victoria University at the University of Toronto briefly gets into the complicated relationship between Indigenous communities and the church. As a Mohawk and someone who was raised in the Catholic tradition, Hamilton-Diabo is in a unique position to have this conversation.
He writes about the arrival of missionaries, how some opted for “assimilationist strategies” while others accepted the inclusion of few traditional medicines and trickster stories. He notes despite the wide perception however, not all Indigenous people hate the church.
Saying there are varying degrees of Indigenous participation within religion across Canada, Hamilton-Diabo concludes “It would be fair to say that within these circles, there may be challenges with being part of an organization that contributed to the loss of language, culture, family and community relationships.”
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All the best.
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Haley Lewis
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