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Teachers and parents of children who died in the care of Chemawa Indian School, or shortly after being removed from the facility, are demanding that Congress hold the Salem boarding school accountable.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has now endorsed an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
The Oregon Democrat stopped short of that during a town hall meeting last month in Hillsboro, saying only that House committees should continue to press their investigations of him and his administration. "This president is not fit for this office," she said to applause from the audience of 200 at Century High School.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Former teachers at Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon accuse the school of failing to keep students safe.
Educators and parents testified before Congress this week on allegations against the Native American boarding school.
Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici expressed alarm over how the Bureau of Indian Affairs is handling the allegations.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in the House approved sweeping anti-discrimination legislation Friday that would extend civil rights protections to LGBT people by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The protections would extend to employment, housing, loan applications, education, public accommodations and other areas.
Called the Equality Act, the bill is a top priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said it will bring the nation "closer to equal liberty and justice for all."
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Traesa Keith is the mother of a student who died at the Chemawa Indian School, a federally operated Native American boarding school.
She said her daughter had one of the biggest hearts. She also said valuable time was lost because the school assumed her daughter's medical emergency was a student fight.
Oregon representatives Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici even went to the school.