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North Dakota’s first Indian Child Welfare Act Court could be established in Northeast Judicial District

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BISMARCK — With the passage this week of a budget bill amendment that would allocate funding to specialized courts throughout the state, the Northeast Judicial District is one step closer to establishing an Indian Child Welfare Act Court in North Dakota. The $125,292 allocation was previously removed from SB 2002, but after being asked to reconsider, the Education and Environment Division of House Appropriations added it back into the budget dur…

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North Dakota’s first Indian Child Welfare Act Court could be established in Northeast Judicial District

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New Marion County court program aims to reunite Native families in child welfare system - Salem Reporter

A new program in the Marion County Circuit Court is working to keep Native American children with their families or other tribal members by helping parents overcome struggles that landed them in the child welfare system. The effort supports the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law enacted in 1978 to stop the systematic removal of Native American children from their communities through adoption to non-Native families. Marion County is just the…

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