by Alex Wolff | Feb 21, 2020 | News
If overturned, the repeal of ICWA could upend a law in place for more than 40 years. And the legal case has much broader implications than just child welfare — it cuts at the heart of tribal sovereignty in this country. The 573 federally recognized tribes could be...
by Alex Wolff | Jan 26, 2020 | News
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Morongo Band of Mission Indians Chairman Robert Martin, Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill and Quinault Indian Nation President Fawn Sharp, co-defendants in Brackeen vs. Bernhardt, issued the following statement at...
by Alex Wolff | Jan 23, 2020 | News
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Indian Country turned out in full force here on Wednesday to defend the sovereignty of tribal nations and their most valuable asset — their children. Speaking outside the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals following arguments in a critical Indian...
by Alex Wolff | Jan 22, 2020 | News
A lawsuit described by Native American tribal leaders as an “unwarranted attack” on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) underwent a rehearing Wednesday before a federal court of appeals in New Orleans. In a rehearing of Brackeen v....
by Alex Wolff | Jan 22, 2020 | News
New Orleans was already setting up bleachers in preparation for next month’s Mardi Gras, the great bacchanal that has come to define the city. The atmosphere in the inner recesses of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit building located near the French...
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