Lakota People's Law Project

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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

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 Child Welfare Act. Innocent Native parents face a racially... — 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 Child Welfare Act. Innocent Native parents face a racially biased and deliberately obstructive justice system when they try to get their children back.
WE CAN END THIS. WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Sign our petition urging President Barack Obama to end these illegal seizures: lakotalaw.org/action
Read our reports to learn more about the injustices faced by Native families in South Dakota: http://lakotalaw.org/special-reports/overview
Support us in our efforts to expose and end the system of state sponsored kidnapping of Lakota children: lakotalaw.org/donate
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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 mothers in South Dakota, who are four times more likely to... — 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 mothers in South Dakota, who are four times more likely to have their children removed by state authorities than any other ethnic group.
We are working to create on-reservation foster care for Lakota, by Lakota, that will honor familial relationships and existing kinship structures, while protecting children.
You can learn more about our struggle at: lakotalaw.org/reports
become a member at: lakotalaw.org/donate

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Hearts On The Ground: Bring Lakota Children Home

Please sign our petition at www.LakotaLaw.org/action. Hearts on the Ground: South Dakota's Forced Taking of Lakota Children, is a project of The Lakota Peopl...

For 150 years the Lakota have been denied control over their #child care system. The #Lakota have endured genocidal Indian Boarding Schools, #Indian Child Welfare Act violations, and now illegal, racist targeting by South Dakota DSS.

Watch this video to hear from survivors of this corrupt system, please LIKE and SHARE to raise awareness about this situation.

You can learn more about our efforts at lakotalaw.org

Sign our petition to create foster care for Lakota, by Lakota at: lakotalaw.org/action

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If you need help with ICWA here are some sources:

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDHS-ChildYouthFam/CBON/1251589740141

http://narf.org/icwa/index.htm

http://icwa.tumblr.com/

http://dss.sd.gov/cps/icwa/index.asp

http://dss.sd.gov/cps/icwa/designatedtribalagents.asp

http://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/BIA/OIS/HumanServices/IndianChildWelfareAct/index.htm

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greenkillr-deactivated20181126 asked:

Got it ,signed and everything ,and anything to turn this system upside down :-)

Thank you for your support!! <3

some-otherbeginnings-end-deacti asked:

Apologies for the copy and paste format, I'm throwing the net wide as I don't expect many replies. I'd like to ask you a few questions in reference to being Lakota. First up: Which term do you prefer? I hear many, 'Native American', 'Indigenous People', 'First Nation' Which resonates with you? How does that term differ from your understanding of yourself and identifying as Lakota? What defines you? What makes you different? What makes you the same? Many more to follow if you're willing. Thanks!

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 Dakota Department of Social Services. You can check out more at Lakotalaw.org. Feel free to ask as many questions as you want!

As for your questions posed above, the best person to answer those would be Chase Iron Eyes, our South Dakota Counsel who runs the blog @lastrealindians

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 goal is for the perpetrators of the boarding schools to... — 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 goal is for the perpetrators of the boarding schools to acknowledge their role in this genocidal policy, and its ongoing devastation in Indian Country, as well as the possibility for real solutions to these problems and meaningful reconciliation.
The Lakota People’s Law Project is excited to have a voice in this alliance. This is a positive step in our mission, giving us a national platform to protect the sovereignty of Native families.
LIKE NNABSHC on Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/NNABSHC)
SHARE with you friends to spread the word!

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#TBT to a Native grandmother and her granddaughter <3

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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 to disproportionately suffer adverse effects at the stages... — 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 to disproportionately suffer adverse effects at the stages of arrest, diversion, detention, petition, adjudication, probation, and secure placement in the juvenile justice system.”
Please help us in our mission to keep Lakota children with their families and culture, and out of the state system that is failing them.
Become a member at: lakotalaw.org/donate-new

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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 Law Project design contest. Please submit photos, digitally... — 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 Law Project design contest. Please submit photos, digitally altered images, memes, designs or any other visuals for consideration. Exceptional images will be displayed in our daily posts, and we will credit the author. You have until Monday October 12th to submit for this round. Get creative, and share this with your artistic friends! Please send artwork in a facebook message at https://www.facebook.com/LakotaPeoplesLawProject
To learn more about our projects to help inspire your art, please visit lakotalaw.org
We would like to recognize Raymond ‘Blackbayou’ Worrilow for the many outstanding visuals he has created for us, including this one.

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The Nightly Show, October 6, 2015

Added to that, the population of Alabama is 4.8 million. That will be over 1 million people per DMV in 2016.

elfgrove

How the hell are they expecting to run anything with ONLY 4 DMVs IN THE ENTIRE STATE!?

That’s going to, by March 2016, mean anyone who can’t afford the time and travel to get to a DMV can’t get the stuff done to drive legally or get a voting ID. It literally becomes only the rich can afford the time and expense to go get it done. You’re talking cases where it may require using 2 or 3 days to deal with the DMV process as people have to travel 100+ miles to get to an office on top of wait times.