WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior on Sept. 30 announced it would begin tribal consultations as the next step of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of U.S. boarding school policies.
In June, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the initiative directing the DOI, under the supervision of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland, to prepare a report detailing available historical records, with an emphasis on cemeteri...