Minnesota moves to protect Native children as Supreme Court decision loomsl
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| After Minnesota deputy's on-duty killing, law
enforcement officials say the hazards are greater |
Pope County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Owen had turned 44 years old on Saturday, the same day that he, a fellow deputy and a police officer from Starbuck responded to a domestic assault call in Cyrus, a small town east of Morris.
Owen was killed while trying to arrest a suspect and his two colleagues were also shot. They were among seven Minnesota law enforcement officers shot in the line of duty so far this year amid a sharp increase in assaults on police.
Owen was the fourth Minnesota law enforcement officer fatally shot in the line of duty in the last decade according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. While it remains rare for police to be killed on the job, BCA statistics indicate that the profession is becoming increasingly dangerous. | |
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| | Minnesota moves to protect Native children as Supreme Court decision looms |
The federal Indian Child Welfare Act, known as ICWA, became law in 1978 in response to what was called a crisis of Native children being removed from their families by social service agencies. Two studies found 25 to 35 percent of all American Indian children were taken from their families and 90 percent were placed with white families.
In the case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, non-Native families wanting to adopt Native children are challenging provisions of the federal law designed to protect Native family and cultural connections.
Among other things, the law prioritizes where Native children should be placed if they are adopted, the first priority is extended family, followed by someone in their tribe or another Native family. | |
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