There was only one purpose for the boarding school system in Alaska. In fact, there was only one purpose for the Bureau of Indian Affairs educational program in America. It was all about white power. White supremacy. Assimilate the savage Natives by force. The Inupiat people of our Bering Straits region, first subjugated by the […] The post BIA boarding schools’ devastating legacy continues to echo in Alaska appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
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WATCH | Female plumber revamps orphanage for free on World Plumbing Day 12 March 2021 - 13:19
Shamiela Cloete removes an old sink from a bathroom wall and begins removing the taps from the ceramic basin.
“When I tell people who don t know that I am a plumber, they react with, A plumber? Really? Why? and I answer them with, Why not? It s not just males who can do this job, females can also do it and we are here to change the world,” said Cloete.
Cloete is in her third year of a plumbing apprenticeship run by the College of Cape Town and as part of World Plumbing Day she was working alongside dozens of qualified plumbers to revamp the plumbing systems at Holy Cross Orphanage in Parow Valley on Thursday.