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To explore how the Cherokee Mission School embodies carcerality and settler colonialism in the context of education and Christian evangelism.

Abolition is ceremony: Christianity, carcerality, and the Cherokee Mission School

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To explore how the Cherokee Mission School embodies carcerality and settler colonialism in the context of education and Christian evangelism.
Analysis of historical and legal documents
Collection of Native elder stories
Fieldwork involving land walks
Review of Indigenous scholarship
Identified the mission school's role in eradicating Cherokee knowledge and spiritual practices
Uncovered ongoing legacies of carceral structures in education and welfare systems
Highlighted Indigenous resistance and avenues for community healing and accountability

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This article examines the impact of a mission school on Cherokee culture, revealing the intertwined nature of colonialism and education.

Michelle Brown (2026) studied this question.

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