Republican lawmakers are calling on the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education to hand over information and documents about alleged misconduct at Haskell Indian Nations University, including accusations that administrators insufficiently addressed students’ sexual assault reports.
Bureau officials drew outrage from politicians after dragging their feet earlier this year on sharing a scathing investigative report into allegations against Haskell produced by bureau staff, Indianz.com, a Native American–focused news site, reported.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit organization that represents government employee whistleblowers, sued the Bureau of Indian Education in July 2023 for rejecting its Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of the report, according to a press release from the organization.