1
00:00:00,567 --> 00:00:01,068
Did you know the

2
00:00:01,134 --> 00:00:02,202
Franciscan Sisters

3
00:00:02,269 --> 00:00:03,770
of Perpetual Adoration

4
00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:05,105
operated an Indian

5
00:00:05,172 --> 00:00:06,807
boarding school in Wisconsin

6
00:00:06,874 --> 00:00:07,708
to colonize

7
00:00:07,774 --> 00:00:09,309
Native American children

8
00:00:09,376 --> 00:00:10,043
into white

9
00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:11,311
American children

10
00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:12,613
during the federal Indian

11
00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:14,147
boarding school era?

12
00:00:14,214 --> 00:00:15,516
I'm Erica Ayisi

13
00:00:15,582 --> 00:00:16,250
a reporter with

14
00:00:16,316 --> 00:00:17,985
PBS Wisconsin.

15
00:00:18,051 --> 00:00:19,152
They own the Marywood

16
00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:20,787
Spirituality Center

17
00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:22,389
near the Lac du Flambeau

18
00:00:22,456 --> 00:00:23,857
Indian reservation

19
00:00:23,924 --> 00:00:24,825
and they're giving back

20
00:00:24,892 --> 00:00:26,460
the entire facility

21
00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:28,262
as an act of reparations

22
00:00:28,328 --> 00:00:29,696
for their role in the dark

23
00:00:29,763 --> 00:00:32,132
legacy of colonization.

24
00:00:32,199 --> 00:00:33,400
I spoke with the president

25
00:00:33,467 --> 00:00:34,735
of the Franciscan Sisters

26
00:00:34,801 --> 00:00:36,370
of Perpetual Adoration

27
00:00:36,436 --> 00:00:37,804
and while this property

28
00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:38,505
was not

29
00:00:38,572 --> 00:00:39,740
an Indian boarding school

30
00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:41,108
she says they're giving back

31
00:00:41,175 --> 00:00:42,943
their spirituality center

32
00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:44,344
to its original owners

33
00:00:44,411 --> 00:00:45,679
because they did manage

34
00:00:45,746 --> 00:00:47,047
an Indian boarding school

35
00:00:47,114 --> 00:00:49,249
in Odanah for 86 years.

36
00:00:50,184 --> 00:00:50,951
I also spoke with

37
00:00:51,018 --> 00:00:51,919
Lac du Flambeau

38
00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:53,954
tribal President John Johnson

39
00:00:54,021 --> 00:00:54,955
and he says this

40
00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:56,290
act of land transfer

41
00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:57,324
is about healing

42
00:00:57,391 --> 00:00:58,992
for the boarding school era

43
00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:00,060
and also regaining

44
00:01:00,127 --> 00:01:01,361
their rightful land

45
00:01:01,428 --> 00:01:02,095
which they ceded

46
00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:03,864
to the government in a treaty

47
00:01:03,931 --> 00:01:05,966
about 150 years ago.

48
00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:07,267
If you want to know

49
00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:08,702
more about this historic

50
00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:10,003
land back moment.

51
00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,105
go to pbswisconsin.org

52
00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:14,508
and click on the news tab.