September 30, 2021

Interior Department to hold tribal consultations on the Federal Boarding School Initiative

Author: Press Pool

News Release
U.S. Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior today 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 federal boarding school policies.
In June, Secretary Deb Haaland announced the Federal Boarding School Initiative directing the Department, under the supervision of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland, to prepare a report detailing availab...