‘Native children belong in Native communities’: tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule

Groups say new directive fails to respect Native sovereignty amid complicated history of Indigenous child removals ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
National Catholic Reporter

Investigation finds at least 973 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 ...
Los Angeles Times

A book that revealed the ‘entire story’ of Indian boarding schools would be important. This isn’t it.

In November 2000, the Heard Museum in Phoenix opened a groundbreaking exhibition, “Remembering our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience.” The show, so popular that an updated version ...
The Hill

A thousand Native American children died. The system that killed them lives on.

Last month, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a horrendous report showing that at least 900 Native American children died in the care of U.S. boarding schools — facilities they were forced ...
OPB

Native American children significantly more likely to be arrested, detained in Washington

(Dan DeLong/InvestigateWest) 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 ...
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 ...