Indigenous Youth and Families

For the first time, tribal data is being included in a federal database that is essential to understanding the nation’s child welfare system.

Proposed legislation calls for increased funding and new programs aimed at improving the well-being of Indigenous children and their families.

To inform child welfare agencies about what Indigenous children in foster care need most, a new survey gives voice to the youth themselves. 

Thirteen members of Congress are calling on the Justice Department to return the visibility of its own report on missing and murdered Indigenous people. 

A class-action lawsuit calls on the government to provide a "full accounting" of costs borne by tribes for Indian boarding schools.

Indigenous archivists are grappling with a federal funding cut that targeted groups preserving the history of Indian boarding schools.

An upcoming report shows tribes have redefined and tailored US foster care laws to match the priorities of their unique communities and cultures.

At a Senate hearing, Native American leaders issued scathing rebukes of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to tribal services.

Gov. Tim Walz has signed a bill removing barriers for the state’s Ombudsperson for American Indian Families in child welfare cases.