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Interior Department report details the brutality of federal Indian boarding schools
The atrocities committed at boarding schools designed and run by the federal government to eradicate Indigenous people were outlined by the U.S. Interior Department for the first time in a report published Wednesday. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland held back tears as she described the scope of the investigation that identifies 408 federal Indian boarding schools across 37 states that […]
Interior nearing release of research into boarding schools, Haaland says
The U.S. Department of the Interior is expected to begin releasing information next month from its investigation into federal boarding schools and their impact on Native American communities. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the department is close to completing its research into boarding school sites and the location of possible burial sites “at or near […]
Tribal leaders praise restoration of Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bears Ears monuments
Tribal leaders in the Southwest and across the country are ecstatic at the news that President Joe Biden signed proclamations fully restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments that were both cut into by the previous administration by nearly 2 million acres total. “The president’s protection of these three national monuments is among a […]