Guest Opinion. As Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, I joined the celebrations across Indian Country for the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 Brackeen v. Haaland decision upholding the Indian Child ...

When it comes to championing the health of Indigenous children in the United States, few pieces of legislation possess the profound significance of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). It is not ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) — which protects Native children from being removed from tribal communities for adoption or ...

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) ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld protections for Native American children under federal law on Thursday in a case that originated in Fort Worth. Jacquelyn Martin AP The U.S. Supreme Court upheld federal ...

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 ...

In 1978, Congress enacted The Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. §§1901 et. seq.) to address policies which had resulted in decades of abuse of Native American children; state and private agencies ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tehassi Hill, chair of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act. The U.S. Supreme Court delivered an ...

ONEIDA (WLUK) -- Wisconsin tribes are applauding the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). On Thursday, the nation's highest court left in place the system that ...