Did you know the
Franciscan Sisters
of Perpetual Adoration
operated an Indian
boarding school in Wisconsin
to colonize
Native American children
into white
American children
during the federal Indian
boarding school era?
I'm Erica Ayisi
a reporter with
PBS Wisconsin.
They own the Marywood
Spirituality Center
near the Lac du Flambeau
Indian reservation
and they're giving back
the entire facility
as an act of reparations
for their role in the dark
legacy of colonization.
I spoke with the president
of the Franciscan Sisters
of Perpetual Adoration
and while this property
was not
an Indian boarding school
she says they're giving back
their spirituality center
to its original owners
because they did manage
an Indian boarding school
in Odanah for 86 years.
I also spoke with
Lac du Flambeau
tribal President John Johnson
and he says this
act of land transfer
is about healing
for the boarding school era
and also regaining
their rightful land
which they ceded
to the government in a treaty
about 150 years ago.
If you want to know
more about this historic
land back moment.
go to pbswisconsin.org
and click on the news tab.