by Alex Wolff | Feb 28, 2022 | News
The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced it will grant cert to, or hear, Brackeen v. Haaland, a case that challenges the Indian Child Welfare Act. The Indian Child Welfare Act, also known as ICWA, establishes federal standards for the placement of Indigenous children...
by Alex Wolff | Feb 28, 2022 | News
The Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a federal law intended to rectify past abuses of Native American children being removed from their homes and tribes, the justices announced Monday. The court consolidated four cases about the 1978 Indian Child...
by Alex Wolff | Feb 28, 2022 | Press Release
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Morongo Band of Mission Indians Chairman Charles Martin, Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill, and Quinault Indian Nation President Guy Capoeman issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s...
by Alex Wolff | Feb 7, 2022 | News
After years of work by impacted families, advocates, and others, the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed in 1978. Federal ICWA decreased rates of forced family separations and mandated that states honor the sovereignty of Indian nations. ICWA is...
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