This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. DUPREE, S.D. — A child abuse allegation against a teacher at ...

Christian Blackbird isn’t sure how many children fell through the cracks. He’d been at the Crow Creek Indian Child Welfare Act Office for more than a year with a staff of two under his management. But ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), has released a final rule eliminating cost-sharing requirement for Tribal child ...

CHARLESTON, W. Va. — The leader of the Delaware Tribe of Indians is thankful justices in West Virginia took prompt action on a jurisdictional dispute in a child welfare case while the law governing it ...

Worried about a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, some states aim to pass new laws ensuring American Indian children can stay in their tribal communities even if they’re placed in the child welfare ...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), on Thursday reintroduced the Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act, which would improve child support enforcement for tribal child ...

Worried about a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, some states aim to pass new laws ensuring American Indian children can stay in their tribal communities even if they’re placed in the child welfare ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - Gov. Tony Evers has joined a delegation of 26 bipartisan governors in sending a letter to congressional leadership urging them to pass the bipartisan Strengthening State and ...

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 2022. Amid the uncertainty over the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, some legislatures are considering state-based versions in hopes of having a ...

Indian Country breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after months of anxiety over the possibility of a substantial blow to tribal sovereignty as the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the ...

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