My Nonprofit Reviews
SongofthePaintbrush
Review for St. Joseph's Indian School, Chamberlain, SD, USA
Somehow, I got on the mailing list for St. Joseph's Indian School awhile ago. I have never donated and thought their "packets" seemed rather expensive and money better spent elsewhere.
After attending a conference last month and learning more about the history of Indian Schools, I decided to do more homework on St. Joseph's.
I am appalled and disgusted by what I have found. I was going to just send a request to be taken off their mailing list, but it seems as if that will be next to impossible.
Fictitious student letters? Dreamcatchers mad in China? An "F" rating in non-profit rating?
"A school run by non-Indians is raising a fortune off of racial stereotypes." (2010 Leonard Pease, Chairman of Crow Creek Sioux)
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