On June 15, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of The Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”), The Indian Child Welfare Act, Public Law 95-608 codified at 25 U.S.C. §§1901-1963 (1978) ...

Police in Assam detain 3,000 men in month-long operation Crackdown leaves poor families without main breadwinner Campaigners say arrests wrong way to tackle child marriage RADHANAGAR, India, March 1 ...

In a landmark decision, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed Assembly Bill 81 (AB 81) into law on California Native American Day, enhancing protections for Native American children, ...

If there is ever a contest for the law with the most grossly misleading title, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 should be a prime candidate, because the last thing this Act protects is the welfare ...

Last Spring, the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (“ICWA”) with a 7-2 decision in Brackeen v. Haaland. The majority opinion in that case, ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a circuit judge’s decision requiring an American Indian child be raised by her American Indian father, rather than be placed ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Indian Child Welfare Act Court is the first of its kind in New Mexico. It’s a result of efforts by the Children, Youth & Families Department (CYFD) to apply the law to ...

In May 2024, 2-year-old Niindonis Goodman died of fentanyl poisoning in a Minneapolis homeless shelter, with her mother passed out nearby. Born with drugs in her system to a mother with a long history ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday raised the matter of Indian baby Ariha Shah -- who has been living in a foster care in Berlin for over four years -- with German Chancellor Friedrich ...