The Indian Child Welfare Act is separating a partial Native American girl from her Santa Clarita foster parents, the family she's known for most of her young life. abc7.la/1pBRUPv After four years as a family, the Pages are pleading to adopt 6-year-old Lexi. #keeplexihome | ABC7

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) requires state courts to make active efforts to protect Native children from continued forced removal and to keep Native families together. ICWA prioritizes the placement of Native children within their extended families or tribal communities, where their cultural identities will be understood and celebrated. Marshal Galvan Jr. was removed from his family and tribe as a child. Thank you, Marshal, for sharing your story and for fighting for Native families’ rig