How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates – video

For centuries, the US government tried to erase Indigenous identity, with boarding schools, adoptions and a chilling mission: Kill the Indian in him, and save the man."

In 1978, a law was passed to protect Native American families. But it didn't fix the system. Today, Native children are still being removed at shocking rates. In South Dakota, they're 13% of the child population but 74% of the children in the foster system.

Neelam Tailor investigates why, and how a system built on separation is still failing Indigenous families