NEH joins Interior Dept. effort to document federal Indian boarding school history

Boise State Public Radio News | By Murphy Woodhouse

Published May 2, 2023 at 1:56 PM MDT

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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland addresses the recent Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Boise

As a part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, the Department of Interior and the National Endowment for the Humanities will be digitizing records that document the experiences of those who survived such schools, as well as their descendants. $4 million from the NEH will also support an oral history project with those people.

As a part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, the Department of Interior and the National Endowment for the Humanities will be digitizing records that document the experiences of those who survived such schools, as well as their descendants. $4 million from the NEH will also support an oral history project with those people.