Press Releases – Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Archive

Press Release: Secretary Haaland visits site of Carlisle Indian Industrial School

October 2, 2024

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kathryn Isom-Clause visited the infamous Indian boarding…

Press Release: Indian Health Service statement on Indian boarding school report

August 8, 2024

The Indian Health Service acknowledges the findings released by the Department of the Interior’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

Press Release: Second and final volume of investigative report into Indian boarding schools

July 30, 2024

The Department of the Interior released Volume II of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, outlining recommendations to chart a path to healing and redress for survivors of the genocidal…

Press Release: Grant to National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

September 26, 2023

The Department of the Interior announced an oral history project that will document and make accessible the experiences of the generations of Indian children who attended the federal boarding school…

Press Release: Partnership with National Endowment for the Humanities

April 26, 2023

The Department of the Interior and National Endowment for the Humanities announced a new inter-agency partnership to expand the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

Press Release: First volume of investigative report into Indian boarding schools

May 11, 2022

The Department of the Interior released Volume 1 of the investigative report called for as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

Press Release: Partnership with National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

December 7, 2021

The Department of the Interior and the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition will share records and information in support of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

Press Release: Tribal consultations on Federal Boarding School Initiative

September 30, 2021

“Engaging Tribes is a necessary step as we work to shed light on what happened at federal boarding schools and chart our path forward,” said Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan…

Press Release: Announcement of Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative

June 22, 2021

“The Interior Department will address the inter-generational impact of Indian boarding schools to shed light on the unspoken traumas of the past, no matter how hard it will be,” said Secretary…