Forbes

Indigenous Health At Stake: SCOTUS Indian Child Welfare Act Verdict Looms

When it comes to championing the health of Indigenous children in the United States, few pieces of legislation possess the profound significance of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). It is not ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Stars protect ‘Australia’s’ Aboriginal child star

At age 6, Brandon Walters was battling leukemia. At 13, the Aboriginal boy is a new face of Australia, the child star of the epic movie "Australia," whose makers have vowed to protect him from ...
High Country News

Where are the Indigenous children who never came home?

This story is a collaboration between The Intercept and High Country News. When Yufna Soldier Wolf was a kid, she was made well aware of why her family members only spoke English, and why they dressed ...
Jurist

Canada province recognizes inherent indigenous right of self-government in new indigenous child welfare legislation

The legislature of the Canadian province of British Columbia Friday passed the Indigenous Self-Government in Child and Family Services Amendment Act, making BC the first Canadian province to recognize ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Letter: Indigenous child welfare needs action, not empty gestures

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. On Oct. 25, President Joe Biden delivered a speech to the Gila River Indian Community outside Phoenix apologizing for the ...
The Washington Post

A toddler died sleeping outside in a months-long housing protest. Now his brother is sick.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For two months, the family of six had slept beneath a plastic tarp in the cold rain. Maria Lubia Queracama Tanigama, 22, held her newborn and two toddlers tight, using her body to ...
Reuters

Canadian indigenous group takes charge of child welfare services

COWESSESS FIRST NATION, Saskatchewan, July 6 (Reuters) - The Canadian indigenous group that announced last month the discovery of an estimated 751 unmarked graves near a former residential school said ...
Berkshire Eagle

For Indigenous voters in Massachusetts, tribal sovereignty, child welfare, gaming and state iconography among key issues

The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the keepers of the new world’s history — in fact, their annals predate the very construct of the “new world.” And yet, Native Americans have been ...
The Conversation

Indigenous child welfare is grounded in community and children’s needs

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Amber alert canceled for missing Indigenous child

The Washington State Patrol issued an Amber Alert Saturday morning for a missing 14-year-old Indigenous girl. Cheyanna Howell ...
Mercury News

In ‘The New Boy,’ an Indigenous child comes to nun Cate Blanchett’s orphanage

When Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton first wrote the screenplay for “The New Boy” years ago, he knew it was a beautiful story, but he also sensed he didn’t yet fully understand the tale he hoped ...
Outside

Northern Lights Hunting with This Indigenous Tracker Was the Most Moving Adventure of My Life

Joe Buffalo Child has a deep connection to the auroras, which his people, the Dene, believe carry messages from their ancestors. We headed into the boreal forest seeking light. New perk: Easily find ...