So I read the article below and it of course inspired a thought, possibly more of a question… It is understandable that the Native Americans that are left would definitely want to stay together after being ripped apart so cruelly and for so long. When there is an opportunity for a better home and opportunities (as obviously decided by the state to begin with) why would someone want to take that away? To me, it seems that that action would only continue the destruction of the People. This leads me to think about the general “Illuminatiesque” theme that the conspiracy theorists have taken on of late. I’m sure you have heard of the elitists… my last post about the Bilderberg party, the great white way… If the Native Americans (I say if to be nice – more practically they were) funneled into the reservations as concentration camps; Mass genocide of a people becomes pretty evident (it did almost become just that). Their languages were destroyed, their stories, clothing, ceremonies, songs… the obliteration of a people. The same was done to the Irish, the Africans, and any other unfortunates in between.
What gives a “race” of a certain color this feeling? This overblown grandiose ego? Even the Bible gives really easy to follow rules for slavery and such… and its not the way the cotton guys were doing it.
Next… Conspiracy wise again… I wonder why this child is so important? Taking reference from 100 or so Stephen King & Dean Koontz novels, does she have special abilities? Are the Choctaws some special type of race, with special blood, that the government or private groups must keep contained and observable? Out of the thousands of children in the US born with Native blood quadrants why has this one been hunted down? There are lots of Choctaws actually, they are not as endangered as say, the Sioux or Apache… I believe it is worth keeping an eye on, she may grow up to be a doctor with 5 beautiful children and retire in Florida for all we know.
Foster parents barred from speaking to native American girl for THREE MONTHS after she was taken from them because they are white
On Friday, Rusty and Summer Page continued their legal battle for Lexi, 6
She was taken from their care to relatives in Utah under decades-old law
Lexi was removed under law designed to keep Native families together
But the child is only 1/64th Choctaw, and some say law is being misapplied
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 18:06 EST, 10 June 2016 | UPDATED: 06:34 EST, 11 June 2016
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Rusty and Summer Page say they miss tucking their foster child into bed and giving her kisses months after the part-Native American girl was wrenched from their care.
On Friday, the couple continued their legal battle to return 6-year-old Lexi to California.
Lexi, who is 1/64th Choctaw, was taken from her foster home north of Los Angeles earlier this year and placed with distant relatives in Utah under a decades-old federal law designed to keep Native American families together.
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In this March 21, 2016 file photo, Rusty Page carries, Lexi, while Summer Page, in the background, cries as members of family services, left, arrive to take Lexi away from her foster family in Santa Clarita, California
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In this March 21, 2016 file photo, Rusty Page carries, Lexi, while Summer Page, in the background, cries as members of family services, left, arrive to take Lexi away from her foster family in Santa Clarita, California
On Friday, Rusty and Summer Page, former foster parents of Lexi, a 6-year-old girl with Native American heritage continued their legal battle to return 6-year-old Lexi to California
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On Friday, Rusty and Summer Page, former foster parents of Lexi, a 6-year-old girl with Native American heritage continued their legal battle to return 6-year-old Lexi to California
Lori Alvino McGill, right, lawyer for Rusty and Summer Page, left, former foster parents of Lexi, speaks to reporters following arguments before the California State Court of Appeal in downtown Los Angeles Friday
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Lori Alvino McGill, right, lawyer for Rusty and Summer Page, left, former foster parents of Lexi, speaks to reporters following arguments before the California State Court of Appeal in downtown Los Angeles Friday
An attorney for the Pages asked a state appeals court to reverse a lower court ruling that ordered the family to surrender the girl.
The lower court made ‘fundamental legal errors’ and failed to take into account the girl’s bond with her foster parents and siblings, said attorney Lori Alvino McGill.
A representative for Lexi didn’t deny the close relationship, but argued it was the right decision to reconnect Lexi with her tribal roots.
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Rusty Page carries Lexi while Summer Page, in the background, cries as members of family services, left, arrive to take Lexi away from her foster family in Santa Clarita, Calif., Monday, March 21, 2016. Lexi, who spent most of her life with California foster parents, was removed from her home on Monday under a court order that concluded her native American blood requires her placement with relatives in Utah. (David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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‘She’s doing well. She’s adjusting,’ attorney Christopher Blake told a three-judge panel, which has up to 60 days to decide.
The appellate court also heard from a lawyer for Lexi’s biological father, who asked the judges to take his point of view into consideration. Two of the judges balked.
‘His conduct is reprehensible,’ said presiding Justice Paul Turner, adding that Lexi’s father made ‘bad choices’ by not caring for her.
The mother of the Utah family that Lexi is living with declined to comment Friday, saying she’s bound by court orders not to discuss the case. The Associated Press isn’t naming the woman to protect the girl’s identity.
Handed over: Lexi clutched a teddy bear as she was forced to enter a black government car with social workers on Monday
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Handed over: Lexi clutched a teddy bear as she was forced to enter a black government car with social workers on Monday
Heartbreaking moment Lexi is taken from her family
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The case is one of dozens brought by foster families since the Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in the late 1970s. Lawmakers found that Native American families were broken up at disproportionately high rates, and that cultural ignorance and biases within the child welfare system were largely to blame.
Lexi was 17 months old when she was removed from the custody of her mother, who had drug-abuse problems. Her father has a criminal history, according to court records.
Although foster care is supposed to be temporary, the Pages want to adopt Lexi and for years have fought efforts under the federal act to place the girl with relatives of her father, who is part Choctaw.
The Pages have said the law is outdated and misapplied. Lower courts found the Pages had not proven Lexi would suffer emotional harm by the transfer and, in March, the California Supreme Court refused to intervene.
The Choctaw Nation has said the girl had long-time contact with her Utah relatives, who spoke to her online and frequently drove out to see her.
While some other tribes use a blood quantum to determine eligibility, the Choctaw Nation is among a handful of tribes that determines eligibility for membership by tracing a person’s lineage to a member of an original roll of tribal members.
Lexi’s foster father breaks down during announcement
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Real father: Jay Ellerforbes can be named as the biological father of Lexi, the girl taken from her foster parents after a court order. He has lost custody of both the children he is seen with
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Real father: Jay Ellerforbes can be named as the biological father of Lexi, the girl taken from her foster parents after a court order. He has lost custody of both the children he is seen with
INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT – POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
ICWA gives tribal governments a strong voice concerning child custody proceedings that involve Indian children, by allocating tribes exclusive jurisdiction over the case when a child is a ward of the tribe.
The tribe also has jurisdiction over non-reservation Native Americans’ foster care placement proceedings
It was enacted in 1978 because of the high removal rate of Indian children from their traditional homes and therefore from Indian culture as a whole.
Before enactment, as many as 25 to 35 percent of all Indian children were being removed from their Indian homes and placed in non-Indian homes.
The tribe and parents or Indian custodian of the Indian child have an unqualified right to intervene in a case involving foster care placement or the termination of parental rights.
Source: Cornell University Law School
Lexi is now living in Utah with relatives of her father who are not Native Americans.
Dozens of supporters turned out for the latest court hearing, waving banners that read: ‘Let Lexi Speak’ and ‘Bring Lexi Home.’
The Pages said they have not heard from Lexi in nearly three months in what they described as ’81 days of both torment and hope.’
The family is hopeful the judges ‘will look at the facts and decide to bring Lexi home once and for all to her family, home to where she wants to be,’ Rusty Page told reporters after the hearing.
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