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22 September 2016

Anguish has never healed for Natives physically, sexually abused at St. Ignatius mission

T. IGNATIUS - The small brick mission is a jewel, stunning in its setting at the foot of the Mission Mountains. "I want to be here," says Garry "Bob" Salois, "the day an earthquake brings this place down."
Its 58 striking frescoes, painted by an Italian Jesuit who was self-taught, include a life-size image of St. George slaying a dragon with a hideous human face.  "The dragon's face," says Francis "Franny" Burke, "should be Mother Loyola."

http://missoulian.com/news/local/anguish-has-never-healed-for-natives-physically-sexually-abused-at/article_69bdf266-8f27-11e0-aa65-001cc4c002e0.html