Posts by Craig Smith

In a recent meeting of Tribal Rescue Ministries Board of Directors, the Board unanimously voted to affirm and endorse the Statement on the Residential School Crisis presented by the leaders of the 2021 United in Christ conference held in Bemidji, Minnesota in July. The Statement can be read in its entirety in the news update listed just prior to this…

At the 2021 United In Christ Native leadership conference, leaders of the sponsoring organizations (CHIEF and Center for Indian Ministries) and the plenary and workshop speakers presented a Statement on the Residential School crisis.  The statement reads: Statement of United in Christ Leadership and Presenters  on the Canadian Residential School Atrocities  Matthew 18:2-6; He called a little child…

Recently, the Ogallala Sioux tribe in South Dakota brought back home for burial the remains of nine of their children who were buried for over 140 years at the Carlisle Indian School in eastern Pennsylvania. It is estimated that around 180 children are buried on this school’s campus. The AP reports: The remains of nine…

In response to the discovery of many graves of Indigenous children in the Canadian Residential Schools, reactionary violence is bringing horrific results as well as at least 45 primarily Catholic churches have been burned. The online news outlet, thecountersignal.com, reports the following: Our information shows that since June, there have been 45 attacks on Christian…

The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), which is the Church body our Tribal Rescue Ministries (TRM) is associated with, recently issued the following response to the Residential School crisis.  Words matter in such instances, and I’m grateful for the quick response of not only TRM but our Alliance leadership in the U.S. and Canada.  We…

Since our four-part podcast launched, there has been additional forensic searching in other Canadian Residential Schools, and the results only add to the pain.  The initial 215 bodies found in a mass grave in Kamloops, BC is only the tip of the iceberg.  Families whose children never came home are demanding searches of the grounds…