WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 1978 law aimed at keeping Native American adoptees with their tribes and traditions, handing a victory to tribes that had argued that a blow to the law would upend the basic principles that have allowed them to govern themselves.
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. The court left in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare […]
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled 7-2 to uphold congressional authority to give Native Americans preference on adoption of Native American children under the Indian Child Welfare Act.