The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act in a 7-2 opinion.
Professor Angelique EagleWoman (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), director of Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute, had long followed the cases through the courts that ended up at the Supreme Court. She offered legal analysis in several media reports this week about the case and the court’s decision.
Twin Cities Public TV: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Indian Child Welfare Act
Indian Country Today: Supreme Court affirms ICWA
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Indigenous Minnesotans, advocates celebrate U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Indian Child Welfare Act
WCCO Radio: SCOTUS upholds tribal sovereignty when it comes to adoptions
MPR News: U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Indian Child Welfare Act
KARE-11: Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families
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