One of Joe Biden’s top officials is taking inspiration from Canada on a crucial file I know from the inside. This is what she can’t afford to get wrong

June 4, 2024

Deb Haaland, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and first Native American to oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has spent millions in recent years on projects to uncover and expose the legacy of Indian boarding schools in the U.S. Like residential schools in Canada, the Indian boarding schools stripped generations of Indigenous children from their families, robbed them of their native languages, and exposed them to rampant physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Many children died…