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Kathleen Holscher

Kathleen Holscher is associate professor of religious studies and American studies, and holds the endowed chair of Roman Catholic studies, at the University of New Mexico.

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A woman embraces her daughter during a rally at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, June 6. (CNS/Reuters/Chris Helgren)

Children's graves in Canada reflect Catholic logic of Indigenous vanishment

Commentary: When Catholic missionaries in Canada allowed students to die, they practiced settler habits of disregard. In Catholic missions in the U.S., this same disregard has served as a cover for sexual abuse.

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