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Bill advances for ‘truth and healing’ panel for Indian boarding schools

WASHINGTON – A House committee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill that would create a commission to investigate Indian boarding schools, despite Republican concerns over the scope and power of the commission. The Truth and Healing Commission would investigate federal and mission boarding schools, which operated from the late 1800s into the 1900s. The […]

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