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Texas case could change adoption rules for Native American children, and undercut tribal rights

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the preferences Native American families and tribes are given under the Indian Child Welfare Act.

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court divided on adoption law that keeps Native American kids in tribal homes

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices sounded sharply split Wednesday on whether to strike down a federal child custody law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

Los Angeles Times

A father and son, a Native American senator and a Vermont congresswoman: Things the 118th Congress will have that the 117th does not

WASHINGTON — More twins in Texas. A Gen Z switcheroo. A father-son tag team. And if you want to supersize your order, there’s one more guy with experience with that.

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Supreme Court hears challenge to Native child welfare law

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a major challenge to a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children

The Independent UK

Hageman wins Wyoming US House seat after ousting Cheney

Republican Harriet Hageman has beaten a Native American activist to win Wyoming’s lone seat in the U.S. House and cement her place as successor to Liz Cheney

The Independent UK

Native American children's protection against adoption by non-Indian families is before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments about the constitutionality of a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families.

The Conversation

University returning 1,500 artifacts to Oneida Indian Nation

Colgate University is returning to the Oneida Indian Nation more than 1,500 items buried with ancestral remains

The Independent UK

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Game time: California to decide duel sports betting measures

The gaming industry and Native American tribes are betting big on dueling ballot measures to legalize sports gambling in California but voters may not want a piece of the action

The Independent UK

Supreme Court considers fate of landmark Indian adoption law

At issue is whether the the Indian Child Welfare Act — aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their tribes — is tribal protection or racial classification.

WEKU

Native child welfare law faces major Supreme Court challenge

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 Independent UK

What is affirmative action, anyway? 4 essential reads

Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions could soon be a thing of the past. At least that’s the impression many observers got after listening to oral arguments about the practice before the U.S Supreme Court.

The Conversation

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

The Guardian - US

Indigenous languages make inroads into public schools

Whenever November would roll around, James Gensaw, a Yurok language high school teacher in far northern California, would get a request from a school administrator. They would always ask him to bring students from the Native American Club, which he advises, to demonstrate Yurok dancing on the high school quad…

The Conversation

CVS Health agrees to $5B settlement of opioid lawsuits

CVS Health says it has agreed to pay about $5 billion to state, local and Native American tribal governments to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids

The Independent UK

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The Supreme Court could end affirmative action in higher ed. Here’s how it might affect local schools.

The court heard two cases Monday challenging affirmative action in college admissions. A June decision could impact admissions next fall.

Chicago Sun-Times

Susan Kelly Power, icon of Chicago’s Native American community, dies at 97

Power helped found the American Indian Center in Chicago.

The Independent UK

Ground search of Native American site in Kansas delayed

A plan to search for unmarked graves at a former Native American boarding in Kansas is on hold

Tribune News Service

Indigenous brewers tackle hops and history with Native craft beer

It’s 11 a.m. on a Saturday, and beer drinkers line up out the door of Oklahoma City’s Skydance Brewing. They’ve come to toast the downtown taproom’s one-year anniversary with pints of special-release juicy IPA and snifters of one-off pastry stouts. The tipplers are doing more than just celebrating an occasion—they’re…

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The Independent UK

Sacheen Littlefeather: Native American activist who declined Brando’s Oscar

The actor ushered in an era in which the film industry increasingly used awards speeches to call out injustice

The Conversation

Sacheen Littlefeather and ethnic fraud – why the truth is crucial, even it it means losing an American Indian hero

When Sacheen Littlefeather died on Oct. 2, 2022, obituaries reflecting on the actress and activist’s life held her up as a Native American trailblazer.

The Independent UK

Outgoing senators backing US recognition for 2 state tribes

Native American groups in Alabama and North Carolina are hoping that two outgoing U.S. senators can help them achieve something that's been elusive so far: federal recognition as tribes

The Independent UK

Approval of oil leases in New Mexico prompts legal challenge

The Biden administration's approval of oil leases in a corner of New Mexico that has become a battleground over increased development and the preservation of Native American sites has prompted another legal challenge

Tribune News Service

Sacheen Littlefeather, who refused Marlon Brando’s Oscar, spent decades pretending to be Native American, say sisters

Sacheen Littlefeather, the late actress and activist who claimed to be of White Mountain Apache heritage and at the 1973 Academy Awards criticized Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans while refusing the best actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando after his win for “The Godfather,” in fact spent decades lying…

The Guardian - UK

Sacheen Littlefeather faked Native American ancestry say family

Having stood in for Marlon Brando to refuse his Oscar, the actor and activist championed Native American rights

Evening Standard

Sacheen Littlefeather ‘made up’ Native American ancestry, sisters say

Relatives say activist was actually of Mexican and European heritage

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