The Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact
In a major victory for Native American rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld key provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act,...
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT (ICWA) (HAALAND V. BRACKEEN)
For decades, the Indian Child Welfare Act has been recognized by child welfare experts as the gold standard in child welfare practice....
53rd National Day of Mourning - Indigenous pride, power and protest!
What are the United States’ foundational myths? Who created them, and who do they erase and harm? For the past 52 years, United American...
ICWA Ruling Will Be Felt for Generations
Protesters outside of the Supreme Court on Wedneday, Nov. 9. (photo by Darren Thompson for Native News Online) GUEST OPINION. On November...
U.S. Supreme Court divided over race-based challenge to Native American adoption law
U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared divided on Wednesday over the legality of decades-old federal requirements that give preferences to...
The Story of Baby O—and the Case That Could Gut Native Sovereignty
Baby O’s case is at the center of a lawsuit to bring down the Indian Child Welfare Act. But far from proving ICWA should be overturned,...
In the 1950s thousands of Native American children were placed in Mormon homes for
'racial assimilation.' Now, experts fear an upcoming Supreme Court ruling could allow that to happen again. One of the driving factors...
Supreme Court will hear Indian Child Welfare Act Cases this Fall –What that means for Indian Country
Testimony at a 1974 Congressional hearing in Washington, DC: “They went into my home, and picked up my children, and placed them in a...
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