by #JuliaLurie in #MotherJones:

"The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, the landmark 1978 legislation aimed at preventing Native foster children and adoptees from being separated from their families and tribes. The ruling in Haaland v. Brackeen represents a victory for Native tribes, who argued that the case threatened the basic tenets of Native sovereignty, and a blow to the plaintiffs—the state of Texas and three non-Native couples who wanted to adopt Native children—who argued to overturn the law based on racial discrimination and an overly intrusive federal government."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/native-icwa-brackeen-haaland-supreme-court-sovereignty/

#NativeAmericans #Native #Indigenous #sovereignty #Texas #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #FosterChildren #adoptees #children #ChildWelfare #ICWA