Thank you for that! Definitely an important read. My immediate reaction is that indigenous folks are not a monolith. Our population is just as likely to hold conservative views as any other group. However. I’m going to do some more reading on his career and the groups he’s representing.
The foster care system is concerning period. I find it more troubling that the white foster parents, Kellie and Nathan Reyelts, engaged an indigenous lawyer, Mark Fiddler, who is against ICWA after founding our local ICWA MN Law Center. More about him here: https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/how-an-indigenous-attorney-in-minnesota-keeps-trying-to-overturn-the-indian-child-welfare-act/247919 .
Correction he was one of the founding directors of Indian Child Welfare Law Center in Minneapolis.
Thank you for that! Definitely an important read. My immediate reaction is that indigenous folks are not a monolith. Our population is just as likely to hold conservative views as any other group. However. I’m going to do some more reading on his career and the groups he’s representing.