'Be prepared to cry': Interior hiring leader for Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative

Current DOI staffers feel overwhelmed by sheer scale and trauma involved with addressing a major federal sin.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland oversaw a meeting of boarding school survivors and descendants in Pellston, Mich. in August 2022. (photo by Rob Capriccioso)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Interior Department is in the process of hiring a much-needed, high-level individual to help oversee the Federal Indian B…