BREAKING: Today, on Indigenous Peoples Day, I'm signing an executive order to formally recognize and apologize for the tragedies inflicted upon Native American families and communities at boarding schools in Wisconsin and across the U.S.
As a state, we share responsibility and have a moral obligation to pursue the truth and to bring these injustices to light in Wisconsin and our country because that understanding and acknowledgment is essential for accountability and healing.
This order supports Department of Interior @SecDebHaaland's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative and investigation into boarding schools that once operated in our state and requests these investigations be undertaken in consultation with Wisconsin's Native Nations.
As governor and on behalf of our state, I am ready to be a partner in this work, to continue to respect the inherent sovereignty of Wisconsin’s Native Nations, and strive each day to build a more equitable, more just state.
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