The Latest Breaking News from Native American

The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, in a June 15, 2023, ruling. Tribal leaders praised the decision as upholding the basic constitutional principles governing the relationships among Native…

A federal judge is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether the new boundaries of North Dakota’s legislative districts dilute Native American voters’ strength on two reservations whose tribes are challenging the map approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

The Supreme Court has preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children

The case pitted prospective adoptive parents and Texas against the act, a federal law aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their extended families and their tribes.

Children will continue to be protected under law preventing removal from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption

The Supreme Court upheld a 1978 law that prioritizes Native American children being fostered or adopted by Native American families.

A bench trial has begung in Fargo in the federal lawsuit brought last year by two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota's redistricting map the GOP-led Legislature approved in 2021

Non-professional actors drive Gina Gammell and Riley Keough’s award-winning first feature about growing up on a South Dakota reservation