Michael Evan Nohart

The Benson County, North Dakota Social Services Agency came in and they took little Ivan Brown away from his grandmother.

Mrs. Alex Fornia, she got Ivan back after a somewhat protracted battle.

What we found is that on every reservation... My name is Michael Evan Nohart.

You couldn't not find a family that didn't know of a child in placement.

So we began to do a statistical collection of data, state by state.

About one-third of Indian children were in out-of-home placements in non-Indian settings.

Everybody thought that it was their own personal tragedy.

Nobody realized that this was a pattern and a practice that was decimating these tribes.

But there is no issue, bigger now, in how the baby Veronica case may unfold.

affect the Indian Child Welfare Act.