after a term of good relations in her term of Secretary of the Interior. Wifey has a niece who is married to a Navajo who has praised her work. He has worked for that Department for years.
At a farewell speech in Washington D.C. this week, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reflected on President Biden's formal apology last October for the U.S. government's historic assimilation policies and its Indian boarding school system. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, children were separated from families, with no full accounting of those who went missing or died.
"I believe we are in an era of healing," she told the crowd. "That healing has been among the most important things I have done as secretary."
Haaland went on to reflect on traveling with Biden to one of the most notorious boarding schools in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, now a national monument.
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"As I stood next to the president, I felt the power of our ancestors who persevered through unthinkable odds so that we could all be there that day," she
At a farewell speech in Washington D.C. this week, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reflected on President Biden's formal apology last October for the U.S. government's historic assimilation policies and its Indian boarding school system. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, children were separated from families, with no full accounting of those who went missing or died.
"I believe we are in an era of healing," she told the crowd. "That healing has been among the most important things I have done as secretary."
Haaland went on to reflect on traveling with Biden to one of the most notorious boarding schools in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, now a national monument.
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"As I stood next to the president, I felt the power of our ancestors who persevered through unthinkable odds so that we could all be there that day," she
