‘Native children belong in Native communities’: tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule

Groups say new directive fails to respect Native sovereignty amid complicated history of Indigenous child removals ...

Native American boarding school survivors find healing in U.S. history project

Many Indigenous people have told stories about their time in boarding schools that they’ve kept inside for decades, finally able to begin recovering from childhood trauma.
Seattle Times

Court case centers on Native American kids in foster care

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native American children is facing the most significant legal ...
Des Moines Register

Native American woman alleges negligence by Iowa in childhood adoption

A 20-year-old Santee Sioux woman is suing the state of Iowa, alleging she was negligently placed in an abusive adoptive home. The lawsuit claims the Iowa Department of Human Services placed her with a ...
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‘Feels Like Erasure’: Why Native American Students May Be Undercounted by 90% in California Schools

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Celestina Castillo filled out the ethnicity forms at her children’s school, she’d always check Latino and Native ...