Tribal Coalition Report Finds South Dakota 'Willfully' Violated Child Welfare Law

Tribal Coalition Report Finds South Dakota 'Willfully' Violated Child Welfare Law


South Dakota's foster care system "systematically violated the spirit and the letter" of a law meant to protect Native American children, a coalition of tribal directors from the state's nine Sioux tribes said in a report released Thursday night. The report comes a year after NPR aired a series questioning whether the law was being enforced.