Groups say new directive fails to respect Native sovereignty amid complicated history of Indigenous child removals ...

Native American mothers whose children were separated from them—either through child removal for assimilation into residential boarding schools or through coerced adoption—experience the kind of grief ...

This court matters because it creates a space where Native voices, traditions and sovereignty are respected in a meaningful way,” said ICWA Court Judge Jamie Cork.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo/NICWA) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at ...

The Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act. The case involved a challenge to the law, which gives priority to Native tribes when Native children are adopted. Today, in a 7-2 vote, ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act, a major win for Native rights and the protection of Indigenous culture. The justices voted 7–2 to uphold the Indian ...

TEMECULA, Calif. — Cash Rocha is 7, going on 8. He started second grade this fall along with his two best friends from preschool. Cash gets good grades, but says he didn't like school. He rarely holds ...

On June 15, tribes across California and the nation will mark the second annual ICWA Day, a moment to celebrate the historic 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overwhelmingly affirmed the ...

WASHINGTON – Nearly 1,000 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children died while attending boarding schools that were set up by the U.S. government for the purpose of erasing their ...

At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department officials who ...