Yahoo

A call for Native foster parents and parental responsibility

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – As a cold wind bit deep into their coats and hats, more than 100 people walked a winding gravel road down a gently sloping hill. Children scurried around the ribbon skirts of ...
The Desert Sun

Native children do best when connected to their families, cultures, communities | Opinion

On June 15, tribes across California and the nation will mark the second annual ICWA Day, a moment to celebrate the historic 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overwhelmingly affirmed the ...
Yahoo

For nearly 150 years, Native children were sent to boarding schools. Here's what to know

President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday to American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians for the abuses committed in boarding schools funded and operated by the federal ...
Albuquerque Journal

In the shadow of Indian boarding schools, Biden signs legislation to improve tribal child welfare

In the 11th hour of his presidency, Joe Biden signed the Native American Child Protection Act into law, consolidating resources for tribes and reauthorizing grant funding for the nation’s “most ...
Oklahoma's News

Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on ...
KETV Omaha

Chronicle: Native American Heritage

THE STORIES AND PEOPLE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S CHRONICLE. AND GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. LAST MONTH, NOVEMBER, WAS NATIVE ...
NBC Montana

Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribe

BILLINGS, Mont. — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S. government Friday for its 150-year campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska Native Heritage Center opens new boarding school exhibit

The Alaska Native Heritage Center's new exhibit on the impact of government and religious boarding schools is part of a series that will also look at the education of Native children before and after ...
Oregonian

Native American children more likely to be arrested, jailed in Washington state, data shows

For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids. The state’s courts and Washington Department of ...
OPB

Native American children significantly more likely to be arrested, detained in Washington

(Dan DeLong/InvestigateWest) For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids. The state’s courts and ...
New Haven Register

Native American children more likely to be arrested, jailed in Washington state, data shows

Yet the gaps have continually worsened. Data from the nonprofit Sentencing Project and the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention from 2019-23, the most recent available, shows ...