Tribal families get priority in Native American adoptions. An appeals court will decide if it's fair

[Disir]

In the 40 years since Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act, the law has been criticized in legal challenges that have climbed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. But the ICWA, as the act is known, has always prevailed.

Now its constitutionality is being questioned again. On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed to rehear a lawsuit filed by a non-Native American couple in Texas claiming the ICWA discriminates on the basis of race and infringes on states’ rights.

The federal law, passed in 1978, mandates that states prioritize placing Native American children up for adoption with members of their family, their tribe or other Native American families — a remedy to policies that had previously empowered the government to take native children from their parents without cause and eradicate their tribal identity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-m...appeals-court-will-decide-whether-thats-fair/

That's an interesting read.

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

Native savages are brutal to their off spring. I volunteered at Pine Ridge and saw, on a daily basis, things which would have seen children removed from homes outside the reservation.

 

[Asclepias]

In the 40 years since Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act, the law has been criticized in legal challenges that have climbed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. But the ICWA, as the act is known, has always prevailed.

Now its constitutionality is being questioned again. On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed to rehear a lawsuit filed by a non-Native American couple in Texas claiming the ICWA discriminates on the basis of race and infringes on states’ rights.

The federal law, passed in 1978, mandates that states prioritize placing Native American children up for adoption with members of their family, their tribe or other Native American families — a remedy to policies that had previously empowered the government to take native children from their parents without cause and eradicate their tribal identity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-m...appeals-court-will-decide-whether-thats-fair/

That's an interesting read.

Rabbit Fence all over again.

 

[Gdjjr]

Native savages are brutal to their off spring. I volunteered at Pine Ridge and saw, on a daily basis, things which would have seen children removed from homes outside the reservation.

Anglo's aren't brutal to their off spring?

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

Native savages are brutal to their off spring. I volunteered at Pine Ridge and saw, on a daily basis, things which would have seen children removed from homes outside the reservation.

Anglo's aren't brutal to their off spring?

Not like the native. Are they capable? Yes...anyone is. Would they be permitted under the systems they have created? No. The savage is, in large part left to his own end on the reservation. This is fine...they should be.