this is deb hollins, secretary, deborah holland. speaking about this at the american congress of american indians. and this happened just a few weeks ago, but now for the 1st time, this country has a cabinet secretary who is indigenous. i come from ancestors who endured the horrors of indian boarding school assimilation policies carried out by the same department that i now lead for more than a century. the interior department was responsible for operating the indian boarding schools across the united states and its territories. we are therefore uniquely positioned to assist in the effort to recover the dark history of these institutions that have haunted our families for too long. if our responsibility hold about a pile of crystal and the person who's in charge of this investigation. serendipity . yes. congresswoman deborah holland, when she was a representative last year introduced a bill for a truth and healing commission on indian boarding schools. and that was the 1st bill of its kind to ever be introduced to address this legac

yes congresswoman deborah holland, when she was a representative last year introduced a bill for a truth and healing commission on indian boarding schools. and that was the 1st bill of its kind to ever be introduced to address this legacy to address this federal policy to remove our children and culturally assimilate them. so the fact that she has carried on this work now as the secretary just expresses her commitment to, to the generational healing that's needed and the acknowledgement that this was a federal policy. i'm going to go to our youtube audience now because they have some comments. i'm going to put them to you. can you do with this one? actually? lauren says i am scared of the results of this investigation that they will be worth in the canadian discovery. at least 3 mass grace was i'm going to say discovered, but many of the engineers indigenous people of canada already knew that these moscow will rouse look up in the context of the united states. what are you worried about? well, i think for many 1st nations, people in canada, the famous true here for business community. th