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When You Take Away the Kids, You Take Away the Future

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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Native Children and State Governments in the Great Depression

In the 1930s and 40s, Native children were largely left out of federal child welfare programs. The states didn't want to take care of them; they saw it as a cost-cutting measure. After Iqwa was passed in the 1970s, state governments removed 25 to 35% of Native children from their homes or families because it was cheaper.

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