Jacqueline Pata Talks ICWA on MSNBC Show Concerning 'Baby Snatching'

ICTMN Staff
April 30, 2013
On MSNBC Sunday morning, April 28, TV host Melissa Harris-Perry likened the removal of American Indian children from their tribal communities, placed in non-Native homes, to unauth...

NM Governor Solicits More Native Parents to Serve as Foster Families

ICTMN Staff
March 29, 2012
At a tribal leaders forum yesterday, Gov. Susana Martinez said the state needs more Native Americans willing to serve as foster parents, reported the Associated Press ...

Port Gamble S’Klallam Get Federal Approval for Foster Care

Konnie LeMay
March 23, 2012
“In the best interests of the child…” You will not see this phrase in the language of the first tribal foster care and guardianship program to be eligible for federal payments unde...

Cheyenne River’s ICWA Director Discusses Challenges of Protecting Tribe’s Youngsters

Stephanie Woodard
February 14, 2012
Too many Native parents face extraordinary hurdles in keeping their children—including cultural misunderstandings and legal barriers that are unimaginable to many non-Native people...

From Neglect to Healing and Joy: Coming to Terms With a Fragmented Past

Richard Walker
January 22, 2012
For decades, musician-singer Sonia Lien hid her Native Hawaiian heritage...

NPR Investigation Reveals How the Foster Care System Steals Indian Children From Their Families and Culture

ICTMN Staff
November 04, 2011
A year-long National Public Radio (NPR) investigation has found that nearly 700 Native children in South Dakota are being removed from their homes and placed in foster homes every ...

Wabanaki, State of Maine, Team Up to Stop Abuse of Indian Foster Children

Gale Courey Toensing
August 15, 2011
When Denise Yarmal Altvater talks about the abuse she and others suffered as Indian children in foster care in Maine, the stories are so painful to hear that it is impossible to im...

B.C. Aboriginals File Suit Against Feds for Sixties’ Scoop

ICTMN Staff
June 01, 2011
A British Columbia First Nations woman is spearheading a multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuit against Canada’s government for handing over responsibility for Indian child welfa...

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