History, Not Race, Says Indian Children Still Need Legal Protection [chronicleofsocialchange.org]
Earlier this year, policy changes leading to migrant family separations rocked the country, leading to surprise and outrage. How could the United States, founded as a pillar of freedom, even consider a policy that rips children from their families? However, Native history reminds us that family separation is not new to American soil , nor is our government a stranger to it. In 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed by Congress in order to formally end the policy of removing...