{"id":36925,"date":"2024-05-08T12:41:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=36925"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:47:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:47:28","slug":"senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-hosts-discussion-on-native-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/05\/08\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-hosts-discussion-on-native-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts discussion on Native children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cover page to “The Way Forward: Report of the Commission on Native Children.” Image Source: Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children<\/a><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\r\n
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts discussion on Native children<\/div>\r\n
Wednesday, May 8, 2024<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> is hosting a roundtable discussion on a recent federal report about Native children.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission<\/a> was created by Congress to study issues affecting American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian youth<\/a>. After several years of work, members of the federal panel delivered a report in February titled “The Way Forward.”<\/a>\r\n

<\/P>\r\n“Throughout the last century, a succession of U.S. government reports has documented the conditions and circumstances in which Native children and youth live, and the adverse outcomes that these conditions and circumstances can produce,” the opening section of the 258-page report reads. “Native communities have pushed back on that deficit focus, encouraging the Federal government, state governments, and other partners to look instead at the successes that Native children, youth, and families have realized\u2014and to invest in programs and policies proven to generate wellbeing.”\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“This report is offered in that spirit,” the document states. “The Commissioners celebrate and honor Native children and youth and look forward to a future in which they all thrive.”\r\n

<\/P>\r\nSeveral members of the commission are taking part in the roundtable with the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. They will be joined by experts in child welfare to discuss the report.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe list of participants follows:\r\n

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\r\nGloria O\u2019Neill
\r\nChair of the Commission
\r\nPresident\/CEO of Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.
\r\nAnchorage, Alaska\r\n

<\/p>\r\nTami Decoteau, PhD
\r\nVice Chair of the Commission
\r\nDeCoteau, Trauma-Informed Care & Practice, PLLC
\r\nBismarck, North Dakota\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAnita Fineday
\r\nCommissioner
\r\nImplementation Director of Equity and Engagement
\r\nMinnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families
\r\nBrainerd, Minnesota\r\n

<\/p>\r\nLeander (Russ) McDonald
\r\nCommissioner
\r\nPresident of United Tribes Technical College
\r\nBismarck, North Dakota\r\n

<\/p>\r\nDon Gray
\r\nCommissioner
\r\nBoard Member of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation
\r\nAnchorage, Alaska\r\n

<\/P>\r\nDelia Ulima
\r\nAdvisory Committee Member, Statewide Initiative Manager
\r\nHI H.O.P.E.S. Initiative, EPIC ‘Ohana Inc.
\r\nHonolulu, Hawaii\r\n

<\/P>\r\nGil Vigil
\r\nPresident of the Board
\r\nNational Indian Child Welfare Association
\r\nPortland, Oregon\r\n

<\/p>\r\nSarah Kastelic
\r\nExecutive Director
\r\nNational Indian Child Welfare Association\r\nPortland, Oregon\r\n<\/div>\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe roundtable takes place at 2:30pm Eastern in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. A webcast is available at indian.senate.gov<\/a>.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notice<\/div>\r\n\r\nRoundtable discussion entitled \u201cThe Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission\u2019s Report on Native Children.\u201d<\/a> (May 8, 2024)\r\n \"The","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting a roundtable discussion on a recent federal report about Native children.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,20,1,14],"tags":[3586,78,79,80,4845,4851,4850,1796,4843,834,86,4847,4846,653,613,302,63,4848,3570,213,91,4844,165,4849,102],"class_list":["post-36925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-health","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-118th","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-native","tag-ancs","tag-anita-fineday","tag-delia-ulima","tag-don-gray","tag-gil-vigil","tag-gloria-oneill","tag-hawaii","tag-icwa","tag-leander-mcdonald","tag-leander-russ-mcdonald","tag-native-hawaiian","tag-nicwa","tag-north-dakota","tag-oregon","tag-russ-mcdonald","tag-sarah-kastelic","tag-scia","tag-senate","tag-tami-decoteau","tag-tribal-colleges","tag-uttc","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/08\/TheWayForward.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-9Bz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36925"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36934,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36925\/revisions\/36934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}