September 30, 2021

Haaland announces consultation with tribal leaders on boarding school investigation

Author: Zack Budryk

The U.S. Interior Department will consult with Native American tribes on its ongoing review of federal boarding schools that Native children were forced to attend, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Thursday.
The planned consultations come months after Haaland in June announced the Federal Boarding School Initiative, which will compile a report on the federal programs and their legacy in Native communities. At the time of the announcement, Canadian officials had made a series of discoverie...