Kootenai Tribe

COMMENTARY

Celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s Indian Child Welfare Act ruling

BY: - June 20, 2023

The ruling was completely unexpected. By a 7-2 vote on June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act. It is a major victory for Indigenous tribes and their right to remain sovereign nations, their people controlling their own destiny and their children to stay in their own culture. Many people simply […]