A total of 26 senators, including Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska republican serving as vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, is reintroducing a bill that “seeks healing for
If passed, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act would establish the Truth and Healing Commission, which would investigate, document, and acknowledge past injustices of the federal government’s Indian boarding school policies.
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is among a group of senators pushing for a commission into Indian boarding schools in the U.S.
Murkowski, a Republican, said Wednesday she's joined 26 other senators to reintroduce a bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Polici
Washington, D.C. (KINY) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, joined 26 senators in reintroducing S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act, which seeks healing for stolen Native children and their communities.
Theresa Sheldon wore a skirt Thursday that represents the four generations she came from. It had four colored sections: orange for her great-grandmother, black for her grandmother, purple for her