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- By Levi Rickert
MILLE LACS INDIAN RESERVATION — Tribal leaders and tribal citizens began arriving an hour before the start of seventh stop of "The Road to Healing" tour at the Mille Lacs Community Center in Onamia, Minnesota on Saturday, June 3, 2023. The Road to Healing listening sessions was led by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community).
Haaland and Newland were joined by other Interior Department staff from Washington, D.C. as they listened intently to testimony made by Indian boarding schools survivors and descendants for several hours on Saturday.
Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Bryan Newland (Photo by Levi Rickert)
Native News Online will publish a more complete story on Saturday's testimony on Monday.
Photos in gallery by Levi Rickert and Darren Thompson
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