Grandmother, tribal member, wants grandchildren back

March 14, 2005

TO CAICW, MY NAME IS … I AM AN ENROLLED …TRIBAL MEMBER. MY GRAND CHILDREN … ARE ALSO ENROLLED IN THE … TRIBE.  THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THERE MOTHER JAN. 29TH,2005 AND PLACED WITH ME AND MY HUSBAND, I AM THERE GRANDMOTHER AND I HAVE HAD THE GIRLS OFF AND ON SINCE BIRTH WHENEVER IT GOT TOO HARD FOR MY DAUGHTER AND SHE NEEDED HELP. MY HUSBAND AND I AGREED TO TAKE THE GIRLS FOR AWHILE. THEN OUT OF THE BLUE THE GIRLS WERE REMOVED FROM US AND PUT IN A WHITE FOSTER HOME WHEN THERE WERE OTHER NATIVE FAMILY MEMBERS AVAILABLE. THEY DID NOT NOTIFY THERE MOTHER OF COURT AND DID NOT TELL HER THEY WERE MOVED TO A WHITE FOSTER HOME. AND THE PEOPLE IN COURT WERE LOOKING AT HER JUVENILE RECORDS NOT HER ADULT RECORDS AND MAKING ALL KINDS OF ASSUMPTIONS AND THEY HAD NO BEARING ON THE CASE AT HAND!

WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS. THE KIDS HAVE NEVER BEEN AWAY FROM THERE RELATIVES IN THERE SHORT LITTLE LIVES.  I AM REALLY UPSET CAUSE THEY SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING ON OUR RECORDS AND THERE IS NOTHING IN MY RECORD EVER I WORK FOR A TRIBE AND HAVE PASSED ALL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AS HAVE MY HUSBAND. AND MY OTHER DAUGHTERS ARE ALSO CLEAN AND HAVE NO RECORD YET THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERED!!