{"id":1948253,"date":"2023-06-15T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T19:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-affirms-law-that-keeps-native-american-children-with-native-families\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T15:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T19:22:23","slug":"supreme-court-affirms-law-that-keeps-native-american-children-with-native-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-affirms-law-that-keeps-native-american-children-with-native-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court upholds law favoring Native families for Native American children."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-affirms-law-that-keeps-native-american-children-with-native-families%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1948253&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by JASON CONNOLLY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>12:10 PM \u2013 Thursday, June 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p>In custody and adoption procedures, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law meant to keep Native American children tied to Native families.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A 7-2 majority of the Supreme Court dismissed challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act that were prompted by numerous states and White families who desired to permanently adopt Native children. They claimed that they were being discriminated against and disadvantaged in violation of the Constitution\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-high-school-athletes-sue-for-right-to-play-indoor-sports\/\" title=\"Calif. high school athletes sue for right to play indoor sports\">equal protection rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey argue that it exceeds federal authority, infringes state sovereignty, and discriminates on the basis of race,\u201d Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in the court\u2019s opinion for the case of Haaland v. Brackeen. \u201cThe United States, joined by several Indian Tribes, defends the law. The issues are complicated\u2026But the bottom line is that we reject all of petitioners\u2019 challenges to the statute, some on the merits and others for lack of standing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The conflict involves claims of tribal sovereignty, state rights, and racial discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The issue at hand was whether the Supreme Court should overturn or dismantle the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, which was enacted to safeguard Native American rights in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-affirms-law-that-keeps-native-american-children-with-native-families\/\" title=\"Supreme Court upholds law favoring Native families for Native American children.\">state child custody cases<\/a>. Tribal elders have long advocated for it as a method of maintaining close families and keeping their indigenous culture alive.<\/p>\n<p>The case addressed parts of a special connection between Native tribes and the federal government, as well as state courts\u2019 jurisdiction to extensively establish the discretionary \u201cbest interests\u201d of children in placement hearings.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer and Chad Brackeen of Fort Worth, Texas, were among those who challenged the rule when they fostered, then adopted, a boy named in court records as \u201cA.L.M.\u201d in 2016, after his mother, a Navajo Nation member, was unable to care for him. The tribe had attempted to hand over the child to unrelated out-of-state tribal members.<\/p>\n<p>The Brackeens finally gained custody of A.L.M, but they now desire to adopt the boy\u2019s half-sister, known in state court as \u201cY.R.J.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been three-and-a-half years in court, and we have not been able to finalize the adoption,\u201d Chad Brackeen told the press. \u201cUltimately, these two siblings belong together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, in separate amicus briefs, more than three-fourths of the 574 federally-recognized American tribes told the Supreme Court that the statute has been in effect for 44 years and is working.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe precedent of the Supreme Court is that Indian tribes are political groups of people, they are not racial groups of people,\u201d said Deputy Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation Chrissi Ross Nimmo. \u201cTribes determine citizenship\u2026 just like countries.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many tribes warn of a greater loss of political sovereignty if the ICWA legislation is overturned or reduced in areas such as health care, education, and housing, all of which are regulated by distinct federal statutes.<\/p>\n<p>Texas, along with Indiana and Louisiana, have also challenged the federal statute, claiming that it exceeds the federal government\u2019s power over state child custody proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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The federal law, aimed at preserving Native American children&#8217;s connection to their Native families, was upheld in custody and adoption procedures. 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