Red Lake’s Child Welfare Crisis: Safety, Accountability, and Federal Power

Red Lake’s Child Welfare Crisis: Safety, Accountability, and Federal Power

Red Lake Nation is mourning children whose deaths have intensified questions about Ombimindwaa Gidinawemaaganinaadog, its child welfare program. On September 10, the BIA reassumed operations under Red Lake’s self-governance compact, the same day FBI agents executed a sealed search warrant at the program's offices. The BIA’s September 9 notice describes the deaths of eight children…