Indian tribes say the state of South Dakota takes more than 700 tribal children out of their homes every year, and the majority of them are placed with white foster families or institutions. Now tribes want the federal government to take money from the state Department of Social Services and give it to the tribes so they can run their own child protection programs. For today’s Dakota Digest, SDPB’s Victoria Wicks attended the Great Plains ICWA Summit, called by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, that is taking place this week in Rapid City.
Tribes Meet With Federal Officials On ICWA
1 of
Former U.S. Senator James Abourezk
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2 of
Oglala Sioux Tribe President Bryan Brewer
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3 of
Jesse Taken Alive, councilman at Standing Rock
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4 of
The Roundtable is a huge U-shaped configuration. Federal officials sit at the right, in the distance, with tribal officials to the left
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