Stephanie Benally, who is the Native American specialist for foster placements in the state, spoke about the importance she sees in keeping Native foster kids with Native parents.
worker Stephanie Benally recently found a home for several Navajo kids with a foster mom who is Apache.
, arguing in favor of upholding the law as protection for Native children. The court has also heard from families who believe there shouldn’t be racial preferences with foster care. Culture is “not something you can learn in a book,” Benally said. “It’s every day living. … Our children thrive when they are placed in Native homes.”in west-central Utah, said he remembers when growing up that every time a white person would come to his home, he and his siblings would hide. They had heard of other kids in their tribe, he said, who were taken away.
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