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Native American child welfare law faces biggest challenge

Native American child welfare law faces biggest challenge

By /March 12, 2019 /Local News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native American children is facing the most significant legal challenge since it was enacted more than 40 years ago. A federal judge in Texas ruled the Indian Child Welfare […]

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Activists laud Native American women’s election to US House

Activists laud Native American women’s election to US House

By /November 8, 2018 /Local News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As a girl, Debra Haaland remembers joining her grandmother as she chopped wood and fetched water for her home in tiny Mesita, a Native American community situated in New Mexico’s high desert. Haaland, an enrolled Laguna Pueblo member, is certain it was these early experiences and […]

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