By SC Alaska News |
Jul 31, 2024
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, released statements regarding the Department of the Interior’s second and final investigative report from its Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. This report expands on details such as attendee deaths, burial sites, participation of religious institutions, and federal funding used to operate these schools. Volume 2 also includes policy recommendations for Congress and the Executive Branch to consider in...