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Department of the Interior

1/23/2025

Will the New Interior Secretary Continue to Honor Indian Boarding School Survivors? The Imprint Sought Still-Elusive Answers

Nancy Marie Spears

By Nancy Marie Spears

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum at a 2023 event in Las Vegas. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore
Update: Doug Burgum was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior on Jan.

11/12/2024

Indian Boarding School Survivors and Their Loved Ones Have Responded to Biden’s Apology. Their Message: Now Take Action

Nancy Marie Spears

By Nancy Marie Spears

“The only thing we have left is the cemetery where a lot of our Quapaws are buried,” says Carrie Wilson, whose mother was forced to attend St.

First-of-its-kind Survey Examines Trauma and Healing Among Indigenous Survivors of Family Separation

7/31/2024

Government Releases Stunning New Tally of the Historical Harms of Indian Boarding Schools

Nancy Marie Spears

The Interior Department's unprecedented review found that nearly 1,000 children died at hundreds of institutions created for "forced assimilation."

Federal Government Set to Release its Next Report on Indian Boarding School Survivors

12/13/2023

Federal Government Preparing its Next Report on Indian Boarding Schools

Nancy Marie Spears

The Department of the Interior will soon release its historic final report on the devastation caused by U.S.-backed Indian boarding schools.

Federal Court of Canada Approves Class-Action Lawsuit for ‘Millennium Scoop’

7/5/2022

Federal Court of Canada Certifies Class-Action Lawsuit for ‘Millennium Scoop’

The Imprint staff reports

In Canada, a federal court judged approved a class-action lawsuit encompassing Indigenous people forcibly sent to Indian boarding schools from 1992 to 2020, and their descendants.

U.S. Boarding Schools for Native Americans

7/26/2021

Government to Study Traumatic Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools

The Imprint staff reports

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has ordered a landmark probe into the harmful, traumatic legacy of American Indian boarding schools.

12/4/2018

Federal Court Puts Indian Child Welfare Act Decision on Hold; Feds Join Appeal

John Kelly

The Fifth District Court of Appeals has issued a stay in the case involving an October federal district court decision that struck down the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The decision means that states must follow ICWA at least until the court has decided on the case.

10/7/2018

Indian Child Welfare Act Under Fire: Federal Judge Strikes Down 40-Year-Old Law, Appeals Could Lead to Supreme Court

John Kelly

A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a 40-year-old law that was passed to protect against the separation of American Indian children from their families and tribes by state-run child welfare systems.

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