The bill would create a Truth and Healing Commission that would document ongoing impacts to Native communities.
It would need unanimous consent from the Truth and Healing Commission and could potentially open the access of records from the Catholic Church.Federal Indian Boarding School Investigative Report
Haaland, a former member of Congress, first introduced an earlier version of the bill in 2020. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, reintroduced the bill in 2022, but it did not make it out of committee to the Senate floor. Warren reintroduced the bill on May 18 and is cosponsored by 28 senators.
Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, another Senate Committee on Indian Affairs member, agreed with the decision to pass the bill, Gaylord News“I support the bill. There is some work that needs to be done to it,” Mullin, Cherokee Nation, said. “We’re working with the chairman and the ranking member – everybody is working together. “Even senator Warren is working, trying to improve some stuff.”
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