Foster families fight to adopt Indian children over tribal objections

The Supreme Court will hear cases from three families challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act. Under the ICWA, decisions about adoption -- which in other circumstances are made by state courts or governments that consider the best interests of the child -- are shifted into tribal hands when an American Indian child is involved.

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