From the 1860s through as late as the 1960s, U.S. federal boarding school policies sought to assimilate Native children into white American culture. The reach of the Indian Boarding School system extends far beyond the ability of one denomination to address. The Department of the Interior’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative began a necessary oversight investigation, but significant work lies ahead. Confronting the truth is a crucial first step toward laying a new foundation for right relationships with Native communities. We ask you to bring the federal government into this process by establishing a federal Commission to rigorously examine U.S. Indian boarding school policies.