The Indian Child Welfare Act was passed to redress years of mass separations of Native families. This month, the court hears a case that could overturn it
A case to determine who has the rights to adopt Native children goes before the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday. It’s another challenge of the Indian Child Welfare Act, and if the law is overturned, it could jeopardize other laws protecting tribal sovereignty and water and land rights.
Since European settlers arrived on the shores of what is now known as the United States, federal and state governments, intent on seizing Indian lands, have
Since European settlers arrived on the shores of what is now known as the United States, federal and state governments, intent on seizing Indian lands, have