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Department of the Interior

Biden to Issue Rare Apology to Indigenous Americans

JUSTICE

The historic move comes as a result of an investigation by the Department of the Interior.

Grace Harrington | Published Oct 24, 2024

Jewish Federal Employee Quits Over U.S. Support for Israel

‘QUESTION AUTHORITY’

The staffer accused the United States of “making Jews the face of the American war machine.”

Edith Olmsted | Published May 15, 2024

Government Finally Rids 700 Sites of Offensive Native Slur

BUH-BYE

Nearly 70 Indigenous American tribes were consulted on the name changes.

Brooke Leigh Howard | Published Sep 09, 2022

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U.S. Finds 500+ Indigenous Students Died at Boarding Schools

HORRIBLE

The Interior Department found that over 400 boarding schools in the United States forcibly assimilated Indigenous students, with over 500 of them dying at just 19 of those schools.

Alice Tecotzky | Published May 11, 2022

Biden Admin: Oil Firms Should Pay More to Use Federal Land

PAY AT THE PUMP

Department of the Interior releases proposal to raise costs for extraction on public land.

William Bredderman | Published Nov 26, 2021

Interior Sec. Announces Review of Indigenous Kids’ Schools

‘ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST’

The news comes after the excavation of a mass grave at a Florida reform school and the discovery of the remains of more than 200 Indigenous children at a school in Canada.

Blake Montgomery | Published Jun 22, 2021

IG Report: Tear Gassing of D.C. Protesters Wasn’t for Trump

SNIFF TEST FAIL

The Interior Department’s Inspector General made the bombshell claim that protesters were forcibly removed from Lafayette Square so contractors could install fencing.

Corbin Bolies | Published Jun 09, 2021

Trump’s DOI Spox Tweeted That Obama Era Left ‘Rotten Stench’

INTERIOR’S INTERIOR

Ben Goldey, who departed Interior at the end of the Trump administration, later went to work for QAnon-curious Rep. Lauren Boebert.

Arya Hodjat | Published Mar 08, 2021

Biden Taps Native American Rep. Haaland for Interior Sec’y

HISTORIC

Deb Haaland’s nomination is historic for the department, whose responsibilities include overseeing tribal lands.

Ana Lucia Murillo | Published Dec 17, 2020

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Has COVID-19

CONTACT-TRACING TIME

He was tested before a Cabinet meeting with Trump on Wednesday, according to The Washington Post.

Allison Quinn | Published Dec 16, 2020

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