by Alex Wolff | Mar 29, 2019 | News
I felt compelled to write today after reading a recent commentary by the Louisiana solicitor general criticizing the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). It is absurd and illogical to compare the placement of an Indian child with a tribal family to sending a child off to...
by Alex Wolff | Mar 28, 2019 | News
I am writing today as the principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to shed some light on the Indian Child Welfare Act, which was grossly mischaracterized in a recent opinion piece by Louisiana’s Solicitor General Liz Murrill. ICWA is a federal law that makes sure Indian...
by Alex Wolff | Mar 20, 2019 | News
Attorney General Ken Paxton cares deeply about preventing discrimination in adoptions. Except for when he doesn’t. Paxton is putting the might of his office behind an effort to overturn the Indian Child Welfare Act, arguing the 1978 federal law discriminates against...
by Alex Wolff | Mar 20, 2019 | News
If an American child is abused or neglected while living overseas, we expect our government to get involved. If an American couple chooses to adopt a child from another country, it’s no surprise to anyone when that government wants to be engaged in the process to...
by Alex Wolff | Mar 13, 2019 | Press Release
NEW ORLEANS – Following oral arguments today before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Quinault Nation, Oneida Nation and Cherokee Nation Indian Tribes issued the following statement:...
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