Native child welfare law faces major Supreme Court challenge

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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday on the most significant challenge to a law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.

Published 5 months ago · Washington, United States

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The Guardian

For decades, welfare laws kept Native American families together. Will the supreme court end them?

The Indian Child Welfare Act was passed to redress years of mass separations of Native families. This month, the court hears a case that could overturn it

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Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court weighs race-based challenge to Native American adoption law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to consider a dispute over the legality of decades-old federal requirements that give preferences to Native Americans and tribal members in the adoption or foster care placements of Native American children.

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USA Today

Indian Child Welfare Act set to hit Supreme Court

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Associated Press News

Native child welfare law faces major Supreme Court challenge

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday on the most significant challenge to a law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.

5 months ago·United States

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KRDO

Supreme Court hears challenge to Native child welfare law

By MARK SHERMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wrestling with a challenge to a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children. The justices are hearing several hours of arguments Wednesday over the Indian Child Welfare Act. It was enacted in 1978 to address concerns that Native children were being separated from their families and, too frequently, p…

5 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KIFI

Native child welfare law faces major Supreme Court challenge

By FELICIA FONSECA and MARK SHERMAN Associated PressFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday on the most significant challenge to a law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.The outcome could undercut the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which was enacted in response to the alarming rate at which Native American and Alaska Native childre…

5 months ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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