Byron Dorgan: “Does the legislation give the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service flexibility to adopt a definition of…”

The problems facing American Indian and Alaska Native children are so significant that only concerted action by the Executive branch agencies and Congress would begin to address them.

The Indian Health Service has failed their patients.

The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since.

It is well documented that Indian children are far over represented in foster homes, which is another cultural issue.