MORIGAON, India (AP) — Standing outside the local police station in her village in northeast India, 19-year-old Nureja Khatun is anxious. Cradling her 6-month-old baby in her arms, she has been ...

One decision by the United States Supreme Court this spring could impact the lives of thousands of Native children and tribal sovereignty overall. The Supreme Court is expected to soon issue a ruling ...

The Senate hearing and grassroots movement that led to the Indian Child Welfare Act. At a 1974 Senate hearing on the Indian child welfare program, Native mothers like Cheryl Spider DeCoteau spoke ...

On June 15, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of The Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”), The Indian Child Welfare Act, Public Law 95-608 codified at 25 U.S.C. §§1901-1963 (1978) ...

ICWA has stood as a landmark law since it was enacted over 45 years ago after a congressional investigation found that over one-third of all Native children had been removed from their tribal homes ...

Indian Country breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday morning when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA. That 1978 federal law gives tribal nations a voice in custody ...

HELENA, Mont. — An amended version of a bill establishing the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act is just a few steps from becoming law. The bill is meant to ensure that native children remain with ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tribal and state leaders in New Mexico weighed in Thursday on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to preserve the “Indian Child Welfare Act.” The high court ruled, in a 7-2 decision, to ...

The United State Supreme Court today issued a ruling that protects tribal sovereignty and the rights of Native American families when it comes to adoption and foster-care proceedings involving Native ...

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) has been called “the most unconstitutional law in America,” and for good reason. The 1978 law hasn’t aged well. ICWA is a complicated law, but in essence, it ...

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