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!
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
Sitting Bull
The Lakota people have been suffering a cultural genocide for over 130 years. The taking of the Lakota children used to be under the guise of education in the boarding school era and it now exists through South Dakota’s Department of Social Services. DSS not only removes Lakota children from their families, often under suspicious auspices, but these children are also removed from their communities in direct violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. We would like to ensure that this never happens again by helping to create a Lakota-run child and family service programs. Everyday we are getting closer to attaining this goal, but we cannot achieve this solution without your help and support. Please sign our petition and donate to become a member!