SD Tribes Discuss the Idea of Creating Tribal-Run Foster Care Systems

This story was filed on July 9, 2013

Following mounting anger over charges that the state has routinely and illegally placed Native American children with non-native foster parents, South Dakota tribes gathered Monday in Rapid City to discuss how they could form their own tribal-run foster care systems. … Continue reading →read more

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