Native Reproductive Justice: Practices and Policies from Relinquishment to Family Preservation
Native reproductive health has been weaponized for the purposes of control, robbing Native women of their self-determination.
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Read more: The Indian Child Welfare Act: Preserving Families Is in Children’s Best Interests The Indian Child Welfare Act: Preserving Families Is in Children’s Best Interests
Adoption isn’t the sole answer, but when it is the answer, ICWA protects Native children’s best interests.
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Read more: Voices of Indian Adoption Voices of Indian Adoption
It’s inhumane to place an American Indian child in the midst of white America whose cultural derision is overwhelmingly evident.
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Read more: Congress Should Insulate the Indian Health Service from the Next Government Shutdown Congress Should Insulate the Indian Health Service from the Next Government Shutdown
The fiscal fragility of the Indian Health Service creates real problems for Native peoples.
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Read more: Orcas, Dolphins, and Whales: non-human persons and animal rights Orcas, Dolphins, and Whales: non-human persons and animal rights
With few exceptions, most cultures put homo sapiens at the center or the apex of creation. Humans, it is generally believed, are distinguished from other animals by our self-awareness and our ability to use tools, to think, reason, and construct meaning and representations about life. The Abrahamic religious traditions are most notable in their anthropocentric…