Every human has the natural right to raise and nurture their own children in the traditions of their
Every human has the natural right to raise and nurture their own children in the traditions of their people. Unfortunately, many Lakota families in South Dakota are denied this basic right.Every year, the Department of Social Services of South Dakota removes dozens of Native children from their families and places them in non Native foster care or group homes. From 1999-2009, the average number of Native American children entering foster care in South Dakota was 742 per year. These seizures are often the result of unfair profiling due to impoverished living conditions, as well as South Dakota DSS’s lack of understanding and respect for Native American kinship relationships and culture.In 2005, the Lakota People’s Law Project was founded with a mission to end this tragedy and win return thousands of children that were illegally taken from their families and tribes by creating foster care for Lakota, by Lakota. The Lakota People’s Law Project is working with tribal leaders; emerging Lakota leaders; grassroots organizers; and federal officials in the Department of Justice, Department of Interior, and Health and Human Services to finally end this genocide and create the permanent solution of tribal sovereignty.Share this post with your friends to raise awareness for this important issue!You can learn more about our mission, and sign our petition to Obama to tell the state of South Dakota to stop kidnapping Lakota children at:lakotalaw.org/action -- source link
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