‘Keep Native kids with Native cultures’: Dakota County celebrates opening of Indian Child Welfare Act Court

This court matters because it creates a space where Native voices, traditions and sovereignty are respected in a meaningful ...
Yahoo

For nearly 150 years, Native children were sent to boarding schools. Here's what to know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday to American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians for the ...
Phys.org

Native American mothers separated from their children experience a raw, ongoing grief that has no end, says researcher

Native American mothers whose children were separated from them—either through child removal for assimilation into residential boarding schools or through coerced adoption—experience the kind of grief ...
NBC Bay Area

Probe finds nearly 1,000 Native American children died in US government boarding schools

At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department officials who ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming

State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes.... Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden ...
KING5

Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools

BILLINGS, Mont. — At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government's abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by officials who ...
The New York Times

Biden Apologizes for U.S. Abuse of Indian Children, Calling It ‘a Sin on Our Soul’

From the early 1800s to the late 1960s, the federal government forced Native American children into boarding schools where they faced abuse and neglect that led in some cases to death. By Peter Baker ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Children can make Native American musical crafts at Poway event

Children can learn about Native American cultural history while making a musical craft at a Poway event on Saturday, March 1. Docents will guide children ages 5 to 10 years old in making rattles, ...
Oregonian

Native American children more likely to be arrested, jailed in Washington state, data shows

For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids. The state’s courts and Washington Department of ...
Texas Monthly

Less Than 2 Percent of Children’s Books Feature Indigenous Characters. Heartdrum Wants to Change That.

Soft watercolor smudges of vibrant red, turquoise, and yellow sprawl across the first pages of the children’s book Jingle Dancer, by Cynthia Leitich Smith. Head in hand, Smith’s young protagonist, ...
WWNO

Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming

Fort Covington, New York - Rumors spread on social media over the winter: School kids with disabilities in the Salmon River Central School District, including Akwesasne Mohawk children, were being ...