Tribal leaders, Sen. Tina Smith and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on Friday celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the act, which aims to keep adopted Native children closer to their culture.
Late last month, the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a controversial opinion on the federal 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which gives the state the authority to intervene in the custody of Indian children, even if they live on a reservation that is not their own.
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