by Alex Wolff | Jun 1, 2022 | News
The Indian Child Welfare Act — or ICWA — is slated to come under the court’s microscope this fall via Brackeen v. Haaland, and the stakes are sky high. If ICWA is overturned, a slew of laws that rest on a centuries-long precedent of tribal sovereignty could be in...
by Alex Wolff | Apr 25, 2022 | News
Chrissi Ross Nimmo is a Cherokee citizen and a proud mother of three who grew up in Tahlequah, Oklahoma — the capitol of the Cherokee Nation. She’s also the Deputy Attorney General for the Cherokee Nation, making her one of the leading attorneys defending the...
by Alex Wolff | Mar 31, 2022 | News
Overturning ICWA, would undermine sovereign tribal rights. Striking down this law could threaten guards over tribal water and land rights, and casinos, too. ICWA is more than a law. It implies a promise that harm done by forced assimilation won’t happen again. Each...
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...
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