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Cherokee Nation

3/12/2026

For Centuries, Native Women Have Been Told to ‘Trust the Doctor.’ The Results Have Been Disastrous.

Suzette Brewer

Part one of a two-part series examining widespread sterilization of Indigenous people and their century-long fight for reproductive freedom.

Youth Services Insider
Feds Announce $10 Million To Expand Reach of Adoption Training Initiative

9/26/2022

Feds Announce $10 Million To Expand Reach of Adoption Training Initiative

John Kelly

The federal government will invest $10 million to expand and evaluate the National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative.

Nancy Marie Spears

7/20/2022

Nancy Marie Spears Wins Top Awards From Native American Journalism Association

Michael Fitzgerald

Nancy Marie Spears, a Cherokee journalist and contributing reporter with The Imprint, received three awards from the Native American Journalists Association. Photo via Spears.
Journalist Nancy Marie Spears, a recent University of Oklahoma graduate and contributing reporter for The Imprint, has won top honors from the Native American Journalists Association.  

10/30/2018

Judge Denies Harm Could Be Caused by Ruling Against Indian Child Welfare Act

Christie Renick

A federal judge in Texas this week denied a stay of his previous ruling on the Indian Child Welfare Act in the Brackeen vs. Zinke lawsuit, saying the defendants failed to demonstrate that harm or injury may come to children, families and tribes as a result of the ruling.

10/7/2018

Indian Child Welfare Act Under Fire: Federal Judge Strikes Down 40-Year-Old Law, Appeals Could Lead to Supreme Court

John Kelly

A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a 40-year-old law that was passed to protect against the separation of American Indian children from their families and tribes by state-run child welfare systems.

6/14/2016

L.A.’s One-and-Only Native American Foster Mom

Daniel Heimpel

Lisa Smith and her two daughters peer out the front windows of their Diamond Bar, California, home. “We were that anxious,” 49-year-old Smith says, recalling that afternoon in March. They see a car pull up, and hurry to the curb.

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