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UND Social Work and partners secure $2.5M to improve state’s American Indian/Alaska Native Child Welfare Outcomes

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October 17, 2023
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For this round of funding, the UND School of Law also brings faculty with national expertise in ICWA to the team. BY NATIVE NEWS ONLINE STAFF OCTOBER 13, 2023 The University of North Dakota Department of Social Work at the College of Nursing and Professional Development and its partners have received a second five-year $2.5 million federal award from the Administration for […]

Professor Dan Lewerenz serves as expert back reader for NPR’s Throughline

Faculty

October 17, 2023
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A Tale of Two Tribal Nations Episode Description The word “reservation” implies “reserved” – as in, this land is reserved for Native Americans. But most reservation land actually isn’t owned by tribes. Instead, it’s checkerboarded into private farmland, federal forests, summer camps, even resorts. That’s true for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in northern […]

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 […]