![]() ![]() ![]() The 7-2 decision defied expectations after most of the court’s six conservative justices expressed skepticism toward the law during oral arguments in November. WASHINGTON – In a victory for tribal sovereignty, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a landmark law intended to protect Native American communities by giving preference to tribal members in the adoption and foster care of Indigenous children.Ĭongress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 to address generations of harm done by the systematic removal of Native children from their families, first to boarding schools where they were forced to abandon their language and culture – and where many died – and later through aggressive foster care and adoption agencies. ![]()
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