By Taylor Jones Associate Editor, Vol. 24 On October 4, 2018, the Northern Federal District Court of Texas held the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to be unconstitutional. Since that decision, Cherokee Nation, Navajo Nation, and other tribes are seeking to have the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturn the decision. Enacted as a response […]
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The Indian Child Welfare Act and the Battle over Lexi
By Laura Page Associate Editor, Vol. 22 After more than two years of protracted litigation and aggressive media coverage, the family at the center of a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) filed a petition for Supreme Court certiorari last month. The Pages, former foster parents to six-year-old Lexi, initiated the challenge when the […]
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