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Spirit Lake Nation responds to critics, challenges motives of 'whistleblowers' 
In a lengthy statement published this week in the Devils Lake Journal, the Spirit Lake Tribe decried recent criticism of tribal social service programs involving child protection.
By Chuck Haga , August 09, 2012
St. Michael man charged in deaths of two children waives federal bond
The man charged with murdering two children last year in their home on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation near Devils Lake waived his right to a detention hearing that was scheduled for today in Grand Forks.
By Stephen J. Lee , July 30, 2012
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UND Indian culture expert: Big hurdles in protecting reservation children
Recent deaths of children at the Spirit Lake Nation have brought a spotlight on child abuse and neglect, from federal and state authorities and from the news media. Greg Gagnon, a now retired Indian studies professor, says those problems are real, but many outsiders do not appreciate the enormous hurdles tribal officials face in dealing with the problem.
By Chuck Haga , July 21, 2012
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14 months, and no charges yet in death of 2 children in Spirit Lake reservation
Destiny DuBois, 9, and her brother Travis DuBois Jr., 6, were found under a mattress in their father's home, slain by a knife or another cutting weapon. Their mother Mena Shaw discovered them there after their father Travis DuBois reported them missing. Almost 14 months later, nobody has been charged. Now, the search here on the Spirit Lake Nation is for answers to crimes that shook the community and have been cited as a grave example of endangered children on the reservation.
By Patrick Springer and Chuck Haga , July 14, 2012
Violence against children drives tribal whistleblower
Betty Jo Krenz can’t forget the desperate faces and voices she came to know while working with Head Start and foster-care children at Spirit Lake Nation. She is one of a small but vocal group of people who have been reporting alleged gaps in the child protection and welfare programs on this Dakota Sioux reservation in northeast North Dakota. The tribal government dismissed her a year ago.
By Patrick Springer and Chuck Haga , July 14, 2012
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‘How can you lose a girl for 90 days?’
Former Sen. Byron Dorgan: Child abuse on reservations needs better, more coordinated response“There aren’t enough resources, and there aren’t enough people to care,” he said following the death of a a two-month-old child at the Spirit Lake Nation. Child abuse and neglect is one of the most vexing problems facing Indian country today, experts say. Dorgan chaired the Senate Indian Affairs Committee until 2010.
By Chuck Haga and Patrick Springer , July 13, 2012
Hoeven seeks early hearings on Indian child protection
Hearings on the problem of Indian child abuse likely would be held in Washington, D.C., “because more senators would be there, and there would be national exposure,” said Ryan Bernstein, deputy chief of staff for Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. “We see the issue right now in our state, but this is an issue in other states, as well.”
By Chuck Haga and Patrick Springer , July 13, 2012
Mandan woman, accused of continuous sex with boy, pleads not guilty
Jenelle Chase, 34, is accused of having sex with the boy when he was 12 and 13 years old, from August 2009 to March 2011. Authorities say the boy told them he was sexually assaulted on a daily basis.
By Associated Press , March 28, 2012
South St. Paul baby suffered fractures to eye sockets; mom charged
A South St. Paul, Minn., woman has been charged with felony child neglect and felony child endangerment after her 10-day-old son suffered fractures to his eye sockets and bleeding on the front and back of his brain, according to court documents filed in Dakota County District Court.
By Pat Pheifer , January 31, 2012
Minot man, woman sentenced for killing her 19-month-old child
Nineteen-month-old Conrad Ayala died about a year ago. Authorities say the boy had suffered injuries including a fractured skull and broken jaw.
By Associated Press , January 12, 2012
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Emerado man faces felony for beating child, leaving dark bruises
The investigation began Sept. 18, when Willmar, Minn., police received a report of child abuse of a then 2-year-old boy. A woman reported that the child told her that Gomez had hit him with a back scratcher while his mother was at work. The woman and the mother said they had confronted the man, who denied striking the child.
By Gretchen Schlosser , November 05, 2011
Mandaree, N.D., man pleads guilty to abusing 2-month-old foster child
Norman Standish, 38, was accused of shaking the infant in April 2010, causing head and brain injuries. U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says the child needed to be hospitalized for several weeks.
By Associated Press , October 07, 2011
Minnesota woman, 32, accused of punching boy, 5, in face at Wisconsin festival
A Minnesota woman is accused of punching a 5-year-old boy in the face after his father spilled a drink on her at Oktoberfest in La Crosse, Wis.
By Associated Press , October 04, 2011
Child abuse rose during recession, research says
An increase in child abuse, mostly in infants, is linked with the recent recession in new research that raises fresh concerns about the impact of the nation’s economic woes.
By Lindsey Tanner , September 18, 2011
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