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Lincoln Journal Star: Purpose of ICWA is good one
In the 1950s and '60s, about one half of Native children in the U.S. were wholly or partly raised in boarding schools, foster or adoptive placements, or were simply not born to women sterilized in government hospitals. Limiting births and removing children is one...
read moreThe Washington Post: Opinion: The Indian Child Welfare Act is the gold standard
The ICWA is considered the gold standard of child welfare laws and establishes a process that promotes efforts to keep children connected to their families, communities and heritage. There’s a reason those who know the ICWA best — from child welfare experts to tribes...
read moreKCRW: Native sovereignty might be in danger during this Supreme Court term
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) has been a federal law for more than four decades to keep Native children up for adoption in households with similar cultural backgrounds. But the measure is now facing what could be its strongest threat in the Supreme Court. Tribal...
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Native American Tribes Issue Statement Following Arguments in Brackeen v. Bernhardt Rehearing
NEW ORLEANS – Following the en banc hearing today before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Morongo Band of Mission Indians Chairman Robert Martin, Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill and...
read moreMajority of U.S. States, 77 Members of Congress and more than 30 Organizations File Amicus Briefs in Support of Native American Families and Children
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 26 states and the District of Columbia, 77 members of Congress and more than 30 organizations filed friend-of-the-court briefs before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in Brackeen v....
read moreNative American Tribes Continue Defending Indian Child Welfare in Brief Filed Ahead of Fifth Circuit En Banc Rehearing in Brackeen v. Bernhardt
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, four federally-recognized Indian tribes filed a brief in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, defending the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) against unwarranted attacks on the law’s constitutionality. The four tribes are co-defendants in the case before the...
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