Department of the Interior Tribal Consultations on the Federal Boarding School Initiative - Session 3

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Department of the Interior Tribal Consultations on the Federal Boarding School Initiative - Session 3

• Date:  Tuesday, November 23, 2021
• Time: 1:00 – 5:00 PM (ET)
• Registration Link:  https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItdOutpzsoGAeuPCEBeNPj2mFoIDfdEz0

On September 30, 2021, The Department of the Interior announced Tribal consultations as the next step of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies. To facilitate discussion during the consultations, participants are requested to address the following topics:

• Appropriate protocols on handling sensitive information in existing records;
• Ways to address cultural concerns and handling of information generated from existing records or from potential sitework activities;
• Potential repatriation of human remains, including cultural concerns and compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act;
• Future policy and procedure implementation to protect burial sites, locations, confidential information, and culturally sensitive information;
• Management of sites of former boarding schools;
• Privacy issues or cultural concerns to be identified as part of the Initiative; and
• Other issues the Department should address in its review.

Who Should Attend: Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leaders