Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland addresses the mid-year conference of the National Congress of American Indians on June 22, 2021.
Newland, a citizen of the Bay Mills Indian Community, discusses the Federal Indian Boarding School Truth Initiative announced by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. He also discusses other priorities affecting the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education before taking some questions from NCAI Chief Executive Officer Dante Desiderio.
Newland has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, a political position at the Department of the Interior.
