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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “Congress can help to address the trauma that boarding schools inflicted on individuals by providing families and…”

On the recordMay 11, 2022
Congress can help to address the trauma that boarding schools inflicted on individuals by providing families and researchers access to records of the children who attended boarding schools.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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Leger Fernandez emphasizes the need for access to records for families affected by boarding schools.

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