Indigenous Affairs
One Tulalip youth lobbies for change in tribal foster care system
In the third installment, a Two Spirit 23-year-old emerges from adolescence in Child Protective Services to tackle the program’s longstanding issues.
Nancy Marie Spears
Nancy Marie Spears is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Indigenous children and families reporter for The Imprint. She has won awards from the Native American Journalists A
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Indigenous Affairs
A Tulalip youth works to reconnect with family, tribe and identity
The second in a three-part series explores the personal and systematic complications of foster care — especially for LGBTQ+ Indigenous kids.
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Tracing a Tulalip youth’s path through the Washington foster system
The first in a three-part series follows one Tribe member from the reservation into non-Native care.