March 23, 2015, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today reintroduced her bipartisan bill to ease the financial challenges of adopting children in tribal communities in North Dakota and Continue reading Heitkamp Reintroduces Bipartisan Bill to Ease Financial Costs of Adoption in Tribal Communities
July 9, 2014 U.S. Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD), James Inhofe (R-OK), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today introduced the Tribal Adoption Parity Act. The legislation ensures parents adopting Continue reading Legislation Introduced to Help Adoptive Parents in Indian Country Receive Adoption Tax Credit
Three-year-old Elle was cleared to be adopted by her foster parents, and then was removed and placed with her uncle. See related articles at the KING website: Foster Child Adoption Continue reading Controversy Over ICWA Placement of Foster Child (Washington)
Several prominent Native American groups on Monday called for the Justice Department to investigate the treatment of Indian children in public child-welfare systems and private adoptions. In a letter presented Continue reading Indian Groups Question Public Child-Welfare Practices