Yet the gaps have continually worsened. Data from the nonprofit Sentencing Project and the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention from 2019-23, the most recent available, shows ...

On June 15, tribes across California and the nation will mark the second annual ICWA Day, a moment to celebrate the historic 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overwhelmingly affirmed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Senate approved on December 20, 2024 the Supporting America’s Children and Families Act (H.R. 9076), marking a major win for ...

(Dan DeLong/InvestigateWest) For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids. The state’s courts and ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Seneca Nation territory to deliver a formal apology for decades of cruel mistreatment of Native children at a state-run school where they were forced to assimilate. She spoke ...

Schools taking on the work of teaching Indigenous histories must understand how schools have historically been tools for ...

Two tribal nations are suing the U.S. government for misusing trust funds meant for Native children's education to finance abusive boarding schools. The lawsuit demands an accounting of an estimated ...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center's new exhibit on the impact of government and religious boarding schools is part of a series that will also look at the education of Native children before and after ...

In ‘Medicine River,’ journalist Mary Annette Pember confronts the legacy of boarding schools and the trauma passed down through generations The cover for "Medicine River" appears next to an image of ...

For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids. The state’s courts and Washington Department of ...