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The advisory council would allow stakeholders from the tribes, DSS and the Legislature to hold formal conversations on Native children in foster care.
Legislation that would enable Congress to formally investigate the government’s role in Indian Boarding Schools—including vesting them with the power to subpoena church records—is once again in front of lawmakers. On Feb. 5, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus—Representatives Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk, D-KS) and Tom Cole (Chickasaw Nation, R-OK)—reintroduced the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024. This is the fourth year an iteration of this bill has been brought before lawmakers: A similar bill...
At Native News Online, our editorial finds that important events that have a long-lasting impact on Indian Country aren’t necessarily the most read stories by our readers. On June 15, The United States Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated ruling that protects tribal sovereignty and the rights of Native American families when it comes to adoption and foster-care proceedings involving Native children. The court’s opinion in the case Haaland v. Brackeen upheld the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a 1978 law that gives tribal governments exclusive jurisdiction over Nat...
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the White House Tribal Nations Summit on Wednesday afternoon about an hour after President Biden spoke. The vice president stressed the importance of the maintaing strong relations between the federal government and the 574 federally recognized tribal nations across Indian Country. In order to build a brighter future in Indian Country, Harris said "we must also speak truth about the full history of the relationship between the federal government and Native Tribes -- a history that includes broken treaties, harmful assimilation policies, displacemen...
An Argus Leader/South Dakota Searchlight investigation examined the issues Native families and children face inside South Dakota’s child welfare system.