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On the recordMay 11, 2022
How should we get churches to acknowledge their role in forming and implementing boarding schools for American Indian and Alaska Native children?
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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Representative Leger Fernandez asks about church accountability for boarding school policies.

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