Nikki describes being raised by her Christian grandfather and in an indigenous tribe by her mother and how gender roles affected her in both cultures. 

 

To learn more about residential schools:

In the US:

https://boardingschoolhealing.org/education/us-indian-boarding-school-history/

http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=airc_hist_boardingschools

In Canada: 

https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/

https://nctr.ca/education/teaching-resources/residential-school-history/

https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/history-of-residential-schools/

There are also a lot of memoirs and personal accounts published that I would encourage anyone to check out!

 

**Sort of Correction**

In my statement, I say that the first residential school was opened in the 1600s. While the Catholic church did open missions that were similar to residential schools as early as the 1600s in North America, the term "residential schools" isn't used to describe these institutions until the early/mid 1800s.

Erin and I chat about starting careers in science after growing up in evangelical communities. I rail against the young Earth community and hardcore creationists (here's your warning if you consider yourself in that group) and we explain hypothetical memes to you. 

Like this podcast if you want a t-shirt that says "Beautiful. Poetic. Bullsh**."

Hannah and I chat about purity culture, modesty, dating, and sex. We discuss how all of this affected us growing up in a conservative community and how it still affects us to this day. 

CONTENT WARNING: Mentions of sexual assault and issues of consent.

A brief introduction to me (the host) of Religious Trauma -- basically I ramble for about 15 minutes about my life and then end things awkwardly. ENJOY!