Wise politics? Native education gets renewed focus from Biden admin in midterm election year

Topic is seen by administration insiders as apolitical, but Trump-backed GOPers are set on politicizing.

U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Vice Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is on board with the Biden administration’s boarding school reconciliation plans.The senator invited Liz La quen náay Medicine Crow, President and CEO of the First Alaskans Institute, to testify at a June 22, 2022 hearing focused on boarding schools. (courtesy Murkowski’s office)