ALASKAN "COMITY PLAN" AND ITS CONTINUED EFFECTS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

The history of Indigenous boarding schools in the United States, wherein children were sent to be assimilated to Eurocentric standards, has become more widely known throughout North America over the last decade through the testimony of Indigenous elders and research efforts. It is a history that Indigenous peoples know all too well. A history that built lasting structures that have affected our peoples through the present day, and yet a history that many have forgotten, including the ecumenical bodies that originally installed the structures of assimilation and genocide. Nevertheless, behind every dominant figure's forgotten past is a once celebrated dark history. For, as will be seen, the origins of ecumenism itself finds its roots in Eurocentric colonialism. This work investigates the history of these assimilative boarding schools within Alaska, the central topic of the long-lost narrative of the "Comity Plan," and its impact upon Indigenous peoples throughout the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]