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Dec. 22, 2022 - Supreme Court may decide fate of Native kids
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Supreme Court may soon decide the fate of Native kids in WA and beyond.
The Indian Child Welfare Act aims to keep Native children in Indigenous homes. But a SCOTUS ruling could render it moot — and set a consequential precedent.
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Dec. 22, 2022 - Supreme Court may decide fate of Native kids
12/22/2022 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
The Indian Child Welfare Act aims to keep Native children in Indigenous homes. But a SCOTUS ruling could render it moot — and set a consequential precedent.
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The US Supreme Court may soon decide the fate of native kids in Washington and beyond.
The Indian Child Welfare Act or ICWA aims to keep native children in indigenous homes.
An upcoming SCOTUS ruling could dismantle it.
Since 1978 the ICWA has allowed native governments to intervene in child welfare cases involving native children and prioritize placement with family or extended kin.
The law also requires child welfare departments to give Native Nations notice as soon as an investigation into a native family begins.
The suit Haaland v. Brackeen argues that the ICWA is racially discriminatory and intrudes on state's authority to protect at-risk children.
A decision is expected by June.
I'm Starla Sampaco, find nonprofit Northwest News every day on crosscut.com.
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