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kittenscribble October 28 2011, 16:24:30 UTC
Not cool. NOT COOL.

See also, much closer to home:
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/25/141672992/native-foster-care-lost-children-shattered-families

I'm trying to figure out who I can write, or what I can do, to address this situation.

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p_sunshine October 28 2011, 17:51:23 UTC
Oh sweetie. I'm so sorry. I totally did not intend to freak you out.
Wow. I read that first part of the NPR investigation and I have no words. Those kids, being pulled out of their homes because the state gets more money for them?!? I'm glad those babies were returned, but that poor family!

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kittenscribble October 28 2011, 18:30:55 UTC
Oh, no worries, that was pure indignation, not freakout.

Stupid financial incentives!

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p_sunshine October 28 2011, 18:09:27 UTC
Here's an attorney working on the Lakota People's Law Project
http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Daniel%20Sheehan
He has contact info for various people and committees at the bottom of the page. I'm sort of stunned that there's a US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs - how has that name not changed?

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