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BJ Jones quoted as an expert: South Dakota inspired ICWA, but still has high rate of Native children in foster care

Staff

November 6, 2023
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  South Dakota Searchlight BY: MAKENZIE HUBER AND ANNIE TODD – NOVEMBER 6, 2023 6:01 AM Cheryl Spider DeCoteau was nervous. It was the Sisseton Wahpeton tribal citizen’s first time in Washington, D.C., and she sat in front of two senators, multiple congressional aides, lawyers and clerks in a large, wood-paneled committee room, bright lights shining down. Two of […]

BJ Jones, Director of the Tribal Judicial Institute is quoted: Native American Families Are Being Broken Up in Spite of a Law Meant to Keep Children With Their Parents

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June 19, 2023
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After fighting to win back her parental rights, a young Native American mother prevailed. Then the state came for her second child. Cheyenne Hinojosa with her younger daughter, who was taken by child welfare workers shortly after being born ProPublica by Jessica Lussenhop and Agnel Philip, photography by Jaida Grey Eagle for ProPublicaJune 15, 6 a.m. EDT ProPublica is a nonprofit […]