Acknowledgement: Native Presence and the Guilford College Landscape

Doctrine of Discovery—in the name of Christ (43 minute video) European descendants benefit from a violent history of land grabbing and genocide that was justified by patriotism and religion. This same theology formed an international legal structure that continues to dispossess Indigenous Peoples of their land. What does it mean to be a peacemaker today in a world where the present is defined by the violence of the past? [Eclecticreel, 2025]

Working group of North American Quakers seeking to learn and share the truth of the history that Quakers and Indigenous Peoples have lived through on this continent.

Friends Committee on National Legislation issues site with current information on U.S. legislation, contemporary actions, and historical context of Quaker role in Indian Boarding Schools.

Paula Palmer discusses Friends’ role in the traumas inflicted on the indigenous peoples of North America since the arrival of European colonists—particularly in the administration of boarding schools where Native children were forced to abandon their heritage and embrace the ways of White Christian culture, where they would never be truly accepted as equals. [7 minute, 35 second video; Episode part of the QuakerSpeaks series]

Paula Palmer (Boulder Friends Meeting) keynote presentation 'Quaker Indian Boarding Schools'
at conference on Truth & Healing: Quakers Seeking Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples, Pendle Hill Conference and Education Center, May 4, 2018 [1 hour, 9 minutes]

AP news article about grant project digitizing records from the Quaker collections at Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.