Lakota People's Law Project

Every year, hundreds of Native American Children in South Dakota are removed from their families and institutionalized, or placed in non Native foster care, in direct violation of the Indian Chil...

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Sign the petition to help Lakota families: lakotalaw.org/action The bond between a mother and child is precious, strong, and worth fighting for. Help us protect the rights of Native American mo...

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Hearts On The Ground: Bring Lakota Children Home : For 150 years the Lakota have been denied control over their #child care system. The #Lakota have endured genocidal Indian Boarding Schools, #...

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Hello!! Thank you for your questions!! We here at Lakota People’s Law Project appreciate your interest :) We are working towards ending the systematic kidnapping of Lakota children by the South...

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We are proud to report that our South Dakota lead attorney, Chase Iron Eyes​, has been elected Vice President of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. Our collective...

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#TBT to a Native grandmother and her granddaughter

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Please help end the state-sanctioned kidnapping of Lakota children by becoming a member: lakotalaw.org/donate-new Our report, Native Lives Matter, finds that, “Native American youth are found...

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Do you want to help us raise awareness of the systemic injustices perpetrated against Native American families in South Dakota? Well now you can! We are announcing the first Lakota People’s L...

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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. Eve...

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Visit our webpage: lakotalaw.org For 130 years, the government of the United States has implemented forced assimilation policies geared towards eliminating Native American culture. In the 1880...

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The California mission system subjugated Native Americans throughout the West Coast with forced labor and conversion, with the goal of wiping out Native culture by the coerced acceptance of Catho...

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Become a member at lakotalaw.org/donate We believe that South Dakota’s DSS has created a conception of “neglect” that is severely biased against American Indian families, especially those...

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We believe that South Dakota’s DSS has created a conception of neglect that is severely biased against Native American families, especially those living on reservation. First, this conception i...

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Please take the time to sign our petition and create foster care by Lakota, for Lakota: lakotalaw.org/action When asked by NPR journalist Laura Sullivan how important the federal money is for ...

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'Reeling from the impact' of historical trauma | National Catholic Reporter : Please take the time to like the Romero Institute Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/romeroinstitute?fref=ts ...

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South Dakota foster facilities are the new Indian boarding schools. After 150 years of illegal child removal from tribes, and daily violations of the Indian Child Welfare Act, the Lakota tribes agree on the solution: Foster/Kinship care run by Lakota, for Lakota. Help us bring the Lakota children home! WATCH & SHARE the new video at www.LakotaLaw.org/Life

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Student fights for Indigenous perspective in college history class : Please read our new blog post! This type of ignorance cannot be tolerated!

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Lakota Children make up 13.2% of the child population in the state of South Dakota, yet they represent 50.3% of the children in foster care. This disparity is largely due to the Department of Soc...

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