Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a more than 100-page report on the federal Indigenous boarding ...

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 ...

Schools taking on the work of teaching Indigenous histories must understand how schools have historically been tools for ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to disturb a federal law that governs the process for the placement of Native American children in foster or adoptive homes, rejecting ...

On June 15, tribes across California and the nation will mark the second annual ICWA Day, a moment to celebrate the historic 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overwhelmingly affirmed the ...

This story was originally published by The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice ...

Demonstrators stood outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 9, 2022, as the court heard arguments over the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act. On Thursday, June 15, 2023, the Supreme Court ...

Yet the gaps have continually worsened. Data from the nonprofit Sentencing Project and the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention from 2019-23, the most recent available, shows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 1,000 Native American children died or were killed while forced to attend U.S. government-affiliated boarding schools, ...

Native American tribal leaders and legal experts celebrated a "resounding victory" Thursday after the Supreme Court left intact the federal law that gives preference to Native families in foster care ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a decades-old federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native children. In a 7-2 ruling, the ...

TEMECULA, Calif. — Cash Rocha is 7, going on 8. He started second grade this fall along with his two best friends from preschool. Cash gets good grades, but says he didn't like school. He rarely holds ...