FOR THE TRIBES, BY THE TRIBES

Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department wholeheartedly endorses the passage of House Bill 209/Senate Bill 278, the New Mexico State Indian Child Welfare Act. This important legislation will greatly benefit the 23 sovereign tribal nations within the state of New Mexico. The federal ICWA was passed in 1978 in response to the high number of Indian children who were being…
Source: Red Lake Nation News