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Thursday’s ruling upholds an adoption law that tribes see as critical to their cultural survival after decades of children being stripped from families. Dissenting justices say it puts tribal welfare over the best interests of the child.
"Do white children in Minnesota have greater protections from abuse than Indian children? Yes, they do... ."
What is the purpose of the Indian Child Welfare Act? And when it comes to children, should tribes govern themselves?
The Catholic Church's role running boarding schools that separated Indigenous children from their family resonates as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that that could overturn the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act.
The case challenges a law meant to protect American Indian children from being removed from their families.