Tribal leaders gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to call on Utah legislators to pass HB40, Utah's version of the Indian Child Welfare Act, which protects Native American children from unnecessary removal from their families and tribes.
SALT LAKE CITY — Tribal leaders from around the state gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to call on Utah legislators to pass HB40, Utah's version of the Indian Child Welfare Act, which they say protects Native American children from unnecessary removal from their families and tribes.
on a minor technicality — knowing that this bill is so important to all of our eight sovereign nations of Utah — is an injustice.", with chairman Rep. Jon Hawkins, R-Pleasant Grove, saying the bill would be added to a future agenda. Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart called on the committee to add HB40 to its agenda for this Friday and said there is still time for the committee to do so.
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