How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates – video
by Neelam Tailor, Alex Healey, Sarah Verrall, Ali Ass from US news | The Guardian on (#71EJA)
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
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