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Generations Stolen

By Sarah Weiser. A production of Retro Report.

As the Supreme Court rules on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, Native American communities grapple with the lingering fallout resulting from a history of government policies aimed at stripping them of traditions and assimilating them into white culture. For decades, Native children were forcibly separated from their families - today, communities are working to overcome generations of trauma.

Watch a Meet the Makers converstion with filmmaker Sarah Weiser.