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

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 ...
AOL

Her baby was taken through the Indian Child Welfare Act. How she began to understand why.

Editor's note: Kelly Buffalo-Quinn first told this story on stage at the Des Moines Storytellers Project: On Second Thought event in 2019. The Des Moines Storytellers Project, a series of storytelling ...
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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 ...
Albuquerque Journal

In the shadow of Indian boarding schools, Biden signs legislation to improve tribal child welfare

In the 11th hour of his presidency, Joe Biden signed the Native American Child Protection Act into law, consolidating resources for tribes and reauthorizing grant funding for the nation’s “most ...
Staten Island Advance

Native American children more likely to be arrested, jailed in Washington state, data shows

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 ...