Wednesday, June 3, 2026 — Native child welfare notches wins in a time of adversity

A rule change in South Dakota opened a door that allowed a sizable increase in the number of eligible foster parents. It is a boon for places like the Oglala Sioux Reservation that declared an emergency in foster child placement as recently as three years ago. The Minnesota Supreme Court turned back another challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) as the legal justifications for such claims dwindle. And we’ll learn about a Pascua Yaqui tribal secretary who has opened her home to more than two dozen foster children over the years. GUESTS Nancy Marie Spears (Cherokee), Indigenous Children and Families reporter for The Imprint Susan Schrader (Oglala Lakota), director of the Child Protection Services and ICWA program for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, kinship caregiver, and an elder Toni Giago (Oglala Lakota), family developer for Oglala Sioux Tribe Child Protection Services Anna Evans (Chickasaw and Cherokee), mother Break 1 Music : Children’s Honoring Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album) Break 2 Music : Trick Song (song) Battle River (artist) Hard Times (album)

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Wednesday, June 3, 2026 — Native child welfare notches wins in a time of adversity is an episode from Native America Calling by Koahnic.

This episode is 56:30 long.

This episode was published on Jun 3, 2026.

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