Minnesotans are reacting to the Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling, which will preserve the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.
Sam Thompson, an adoption specialist with the American Indian Family and Children Services, spoke with News Talk 830 WCCO’s Susie Jones about the ruling.
Thompson says that the ruling from the Supreme Court is monumental for generations of Native Americans across the country and in the state.
“It’s healing. It’s healing our generational trauma. It’s healing our community,” Thompson said. “It’s healing our kids, our parents, our grandparents, several generations behind us and setting the future for several generations in front of us.”
Congress passed the law in 1978 to end the long practice of removing Native American children from their families and placing them with non-Native American families.
A white foster couple in Texas said the law was racially biased, and again the court rejected that claim.
Hundreds of thousands of Native American children were separated from their tribes and raised by families with no connection to their culture.
“Today’s a really great day. It’s a great day to be indigenous. It’s a great day to work with Native families in the state of Minnesota,” Thompson shared.
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