"What does the recent Supreme Court case upholding the #IndianChildWelfareAct (ICWA) mean for Indian adoption law? Is adoption of Indian Children based on child welfare or Tribal interests? We will explore why this is a false distinction. And why #ICWA is essential for preserving the tribes and their identity, and perhaps most importantly, their sovereignty."

https://scholarscircle.org/scholars-circle-us-supreme-court-upholds-native-american-tribal-sovereignty-in-adoption-cases-june-25-2023/

#SCOTUS #NativeSovereignty #IndigenousSovereignty #NativeAmericans #NativeChildren #HaalandVsBrackeen

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2023/04/14/states-seek-to-protect-tribes-rights-in-child-custody-cases?utm_campaign=2023-04-14+SD&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Pew&subscriberkey=00QU000000Ap5OaMAJ 🧐 The last US military battle against #nativeamericans was 1909 yet the courts, states & Feds are still taking #NativeChildren away from their family’s cheating both the children & tribes of their language, culture & religion. It’s well past time to end the genocide.

(Even though the #Canadian #HumanRights #Tribunal upheld the complaint in 2016 and ordered the #CanadianGovernment to cease its #discriminatory conduct, it has since issued a further 23 #procedural & #NonCompliance orders in #response to the government's slow pace in addressing the #discrimination . The case is ongoing.)

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-years-child-welfare-reveals-inequities.amp

#KKKanada #RacialInjustice #SocialJustice #NativeChildren #Indigenous #Children #ChildWelfare #SystematicRacism #StolenKids #TruthBeforeReconciliation

"Today, 15% of Native children enter the U.S. foster system before they turn 18, compared with 5% of white children. Without ICWA’s protections, Native children would have no recourse at all against the U.S.’ continuing genocidal mass kidnapping regime."
#texas #AreYouNotEmbarrassed #Native #Genocide #NativeChildren #abuse #sovereignty #Reservations #protection #supremecourt #corporations #unconstitutional #law #legal #racism #exploitation #Biden #NotGoingBack
https://www.workers.org/2022/11/67777/

"The Indian Child Welfare Act. The law was designed to protect native children during the adoption process in an effort to keep them with their tribe as much as possible. But a case in front of the Supreme Court is challenging the law and calling it racist against white people. If SCOTUS does overturn ICWA it could have disastrous consequences for tribal sovereignty in the US."
#Native #NativeChildren #sovereignty #Reservations #protection #supremecourt #law #racism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91GYL8KVmSE&list=WL&index=6&ab_channel=TheMajorityReportw%2FSamSeder

The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, established by the U.S. Congress to conduct a comprehensive study on programs and other supports available to native children in the U.S., will hold a hearing tomorrow on the "role of government" at 2:00 PM Central Time. By the nature of the topic this could be a very wide ranging discussion on "federal Indian policy" in general.

https://commissiononnativechildren.org/hearings-testimony/

#Indigenous #NativeChildren #TribalSovereignty