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St. Joseph's Indian School is an American Indian boarding school, located in Chamberlain, South Dakota, United States. It was founded in 1927 by Henry Hogebach, a Roman Catholic priest from Germany. The school is owned and operated by the Priests of the Sacred Heart, who are not Native Americans. There are approximately 200 Native American children at the residential school, who live in group homes with other students.〔 "They are raising money in the name of Indians, using the worst of poverty porn of all Indian country to raise money on all our social ills" - Michael Roberts, president of the First Nations Development Institute〕〔 3:48 in interview with Crow Creek Lakota Sioux vice chairman, Leonard Pease.〕 ==Fundraising== The school's fundraising has been the subject of investigative reports by CNN and Indian Country Today.〔〔 The school's mass mailings of made-in-China dreamcatchers and fictional, emotional letters from nonexistent students have been called, "the worst of poverty porn."〔〔 "A school run by non-Indians is raising a fortune off of racial stereotypes."〔 In 2014 the school's attorney told Indian Country Today that they would "never, ever" send any more of the letters with false stories by nonexistent students.〔 But as of 2015, the school continues its aggressive direct mail campaign, sending tens of millions of pieces of junk mail a year.〔 The school has also been criticized by the Better Business Bureau for sending out a letter claiming they had no money to heat the school.〔 At the time of this claim, the school had millions of dollars free to spend.〔 In 2013 the school failed to meet the give.org standards for charity accountability.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Joseph's Indian School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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