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Nancy Marie Spears is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and the Indigenous children and families reporter for The Imprint. She can be reached at nspears@imprintnews.org.
In previous, more lengthy reports to the Legislature, the nation has stated it does not terminate parental rights in child welfare cases and “does not participate in adoptions.”
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