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Stand Our Ground will become a permanent program under the umbrella of the Lenapeowsi Foundation, a nonprofit group that teaches stomp dancing and other elements of tribal culture.

Veronica was enrolled in a stomp dance class, and that’s how Michael, as the foundation’s executive director, got to know her Cherokee family.

“I got to looking at the case and realized there were some major issues,” she said. “Then I realized that it wasn’t just this one case.”

While drawing attention to specific adoptions that might seem questionable, Stand Our Ground will also push for at least two specific reforms.

First, state officials should improve oversight of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, a law that has been passed in all 50 states to regulate the movement of children across state lines in adoption cases.

“Oklahoma seems to be in the practice of signing ICPCs retroactively, after children have already left the state,” Michael said. “That needs to stop.”

Secondly, all birth parents — even fathers — should have to appear in front of a judge to surrender their rights before an adoption moves forward, Michael said.