Dr. Jennifer and Chad Brackeen and their four kids are a blended family in a fight to stay together. But in the process, they could upend more than 40 years of federal law on the sovereignty of ...

ATLANTA — Should Native American families be first in line to adopt Native American children? The United States Supreme Court will decide. The high court just heard arguments on Nov. 9 in the Haaland ...

Chad and Jennifer Brackeen almost had their Native American adopted son taken away from them because of a federal law that codifies what their lawyers say is "racial discrimination." Now, the family ...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear a case involving a Fort Worth couple’s adoption of a Native child that experts say has the ability to undermine Native American sovereignty.

At age nine, tragedy struck Autumn Adams’ life. Her father passed away and her mother was deemed unfit to care for her, leaving Adams with an uncertain future. Adams, who is a member of the Yakama ...

After a precedent-setting summer of rulings, this fall the U.S. Supreme Court will hear four cases that could overturn the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), and have bigger implications for ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. In child custody proceedings governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act, the court affirms the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th ...

On June 15, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a significant victory to supporters of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in Haaland v. Brackeen. In a 7-2 majority opinion authored by Justice ...

Haaland v. Brackeen challenges the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, putting the sovereignty of Indian Nations at risk. A protest march in New York City against the Dakota ...