California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced his support for a bill in Congress that would allow Native American ...

In the weeks after the brutal slaying of Emily Pike, the 14-year-old San Carlos Apache girl who went missing from a group home in Mesa, some child welfare experts say the system meant to protect ...

Opinion editor's note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Indian Child ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A common thread running through Native American tribes’ commentary on their banishment of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem involves comments she has made about children. While ...

For nearly a century, California and other states forced Native American youth into boarding schools, aiming to erase their cultural practices while separating children from parents, placing them in a ...

Native American nations say the Supreme Court's rejection of a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act has reaffirmed their power to withstand threats from state governments. They say the case ...

But of 440 Indian children in foster care in South Dakota as of July 1, 2011, 381 - nearly 9 in 10 - resided in non-Indian foster homes. In one recent case, grandparents of a child and their tribe ...

PHOENIX — A new lawsuit seeks to void provisions of federal laws that challengers say illegally place the desires of Native American tribes over the constitutionally protected best interests of ...

Local tribal members from the Kalispel Tribe of Indians hosted a Media Camp on Thursday to help local kids learn more about film production. Tribal member paired up kids from the local area who want ...

For Chief Stephen Adkins and other tribal leaders, it's an opportunity to set the record straight and educate the public on ...

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