UT Tribes Urge Lawmakers to Pass Bill Ensuring Protections for Native Kids Tribal leaders from the eight federally recognized tribes in Utah gathered at a news conference at the state Capitol this week and called on state lawmakers to pass House Bill 40, Utah's version of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Advocates say the bill would implement provisions to protect Native American children from unnecessary removal from their families and tribes.
Eugenia Charles-Newton, a delegate of the Navajo Nation Council, said recent research has shown that systematic bias within the child-welfare system means Native families are four times more likely to have their children removed and placed into foster care compared with their counterparts. ...(Read More)
