Protecting All Families from InjusticeEvery family — regardless of race, income, or background — deserves fair treatment, full transparency, and their constitutional right to due process when child welfare systems intervene. Yet across this country, countless parents are stripped of their rights without proper notice, without legal counsel, and without the chance to be heard. Children are placed with strangers while loving relatives are ignored. This petition demands that every family is given a real voice, and that agencies are held accountable to follow both federal and state law. We are calling for reforms that protect families from being railroaded by a broken system — one that too often prioritizes quick removals over real reunification. Family is sacred — and every family deserves justice. Also…

Since 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) has been our nation’s promise to protect Native children, families, and cultures. Yet today, Oklahoma’s Department of Human Services (DHS) routinely remove children from their kinship networks, conceal case details behind “confidentiality,” and deny families the basic transparency they deserve. These practices not only violate federal law—they inflict generational trauma on communities already besieged by loss.

Across Oklahoma, hundreds of Native children have been placed outside their communities in non–Indian homes. Many of these placements ignore qualified relatives—grandparents, aunts, uncles—who stand ready to provide culturally grounded care. State and tribal agencies alike hide behind sealed files, leaving families with no recourse, no insight into why their children were taken, and no path to reunification. This secrecy erodes trust in the system, deepens the pain of separation, and undermines tribal sovereignty.

We cannot wait any longer. We demand an immediate, independent federal investigation into Oklahoma DHS and its partners. Our petition calls on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to appoint a special oversight team that will:

Audit every ICWA‐related removal and placement in Oklahoma over the past five years
Release aggregate data on kinship denials, placement outcomes, and case‐management practices
Enforce corrective measures and hold individual decision‐makers accountable for noncompliance
Families deserve more than apologies—they deserve action. By signing this petition, you stand with Native communities in saying “enough.” You demand truth over secrecy, accountability over bureaucracy, and justice over indifference. Our children’s lives, identities, and futures hang in the balance—and transparency is the first step toward healing.

Every signature sends a clear message: no more hidden files, no more broken vows. Together, we can force federal oversight, restore faith in ICWA, and bring our children home—where they belong.