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Jacqueline Davis: An Indian family torn apart in South Carolina (04/16)
Jacqueline Davis, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, on how her family was torn apart without regard for the Indian Child Welfare Act: My...
Filed Under: Law
Turtle Talk: Guide to briefs in Supreme Court's ICWA dispute (03/29)
Turtle Talk has posted a comprehensive guide to briefs submitted in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, an Indian Child Welfare Act case that's before the U.S. Supreme Court: The State...
Filed Under: Law | National
Supreme Court to hear Cherokee Nation ICWA case on April 16 (02/14)
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, an Indian Child Welfare Act case, on April 16. The Cherokee Nation successfully intervened on behalf of a tribal...
Filed Under: Opinion
NYT Debate: Indian Child Welfare Act and the Supreme Court (01/25)
"The Supreme Court has agreed to consider an adoption case involving a South Carolina couple who were ordered to turn over a 2-year-old girl they had cared for since birth...
Filed Under: Law | National
Supreme Court ruling could impact ICWA cases nationwide (01/14)
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an Indian Child Welfare Act case this year and a negative ruling could have a nationwide impact. Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl involves a...
Filed Under: Law | National
Supreme Court takes first Indian Child Welfare Act case in years (01/07)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, its first Indian Child Welfare Act case in more than two decades. The case involves a...
Filed Under: Law | National
Supreme Court considers petition in Cherokee Nation ICWA case (01/04)
Update: The Supreme Court issued an order this afternoon, granting the petition in the case. This will be the first major ICWA case decided by the court since Mississippi Band...
Filed Under: Environment | National
Tribes making preparations as Hurricane Sandy hits East Coast (10/29)
Tribes from Maine to South Carolina are making preparations as Hurricane Sandy threatens the East Coast. At least six tribes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York are in...
Filed Under: Law | National
Couple asks Supreme Court to hear ICWA case for Cherokee girl (10/03)
A non-Indian couple that went to the media to complain about the Indian Child Welfare Act is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case. Matt and Melanie Capobianco...
Filed Under: Law | National
Cover Story: Non-Indian couple not giving up on ICWA dispute (09/26)
"Matt and Melanie Capobianco spent their adopted daughter Veronica's third birthday 1,200 miles away from her. They wrote their wishes for her on purple balloons and released them into the...
Filed Under: Opinion
Column: Lawyer switches sides for Indian Child Welfare Act case (09/05)
"In 1994, Minneapolis attorney Mark Fiddler was involved in what he thought at the time was a significant victory for American Indians in the Minnesota Supreme Court. As executive director...
Filed Under: Law | National
Court won't rehear ICWA case involving Cherokee Nation father (08/30)
The South Carolina Supreme Court won't rehear an Indian Child Welfare Act case that has drawn national attention. On July 26, the court affirmed a decision to return custody of...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: ICWA punishes child returned to her Cherokee father (08/28)
"Marcia Zug knows a lot about family and Indian law. In her recent Slate piece, she swims against the strong current of outrage that ensued when “Baby Veronica,” age 2½,...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: Media slanted against ICWA in South Carolina case (08/23)
" On July 26, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a decision affirming the return of Veronica, an adopted 2-year-old Cherokee child, to her biological father, Dusten Brown. The court’s...
Filed Under: Law | National
Couple wants rehearing in ICWA case of Cherokee Nation girl (08/14)
A non-Indian couple is asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to rehear an Indian Child Welfare Act case. On July 26, the court affirmed a decision to return custody of...
Jacqueline Davis: An Indian family torn apart in South Carolina (04/16)
Jacqueline Davis, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, on how her family was torn apart without regard for the Indian Child Welfare Act: My...
Filed Under: Law
Turtle Talk: Guide to briefs in Supreme Court's ICWA dispute (03/29)
Turtle Talk has posted a comprehensive guide to briefs submitted in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, an Indian Child Welfare Act case that's before the U.S. Supreme Court: The State...
Filed Under: Law | National
Supreme Court to hear Cherokee Nation ICWA case on April 16 (02/14)
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, an Indian Child Welfare Act case, on April 16. The Cherokee Nation successfully intervened on behalf of a tribal...
Filed Under: Opinion
NYT Debate: Indian Child Welfare Act and the Supreme Court (01/25)
"The Supreme Court has agreed to consider an adoption case involving a South Carolina couple who were ordered to turn over a 2-year-old girl they had cared for since birth...
Filed Under: Law | National
Supreme Court ruling could impact ICWA cases nationwide (01/14)
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an Indian Child Welfare Act case this year and a negative ruling could have a nationwide impact. Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl involves a...
Filed Under: Law | National
Supreme Court takes first Indian Child Welfare Act case in years (01/07)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, its first Indian Child Welfare Act case in more than two decades. The case involves a...
Filed Under: Law | National
Supreme Court considers petition in Cherokee Nation ICWA case (01/04)
Update: The Supreme Court issued an order this afternoon, granting the petition in the case. This will be the first major ICWA case decided by the court since Mississippi Band...
Filed Under: Environment | National
Tribes making preparations as Hurricane Sandy hits East Coast (10/29)
Tribes from Maine to South Carolina are making preparations as Hurricane Sandy threatens the East Coast. At least six tribes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York are in...
Filed Under: Law | National
Couple asks Supreme Court to hear ICWA case for Cherokee girl (10/03)
A non-Indian couple that went to the media to complain about the Indian Child Welfare Act is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case. Matt and Melanie Capobianco...
Filed Under: Law | National
Cover Story: Non-Indian couple not giving up on ICWA dispute (09/26)
"Matt and Melanie Capobianco spent their adopted daughter Veronica's third birthday 1,200 miles away from her. They wrote their wishes for her on purple balloons and released them into the...
Filed Under: Opinion
Column: Lawyer switches sides for Indian Child Welfare Act case (09/05)
"In 1994, Minneapolis attorney Mark Fiddler was involved in what he thought at the time was a significant victory for American Indians in the Minnesota Supreme Court. As executive director...
Filed Under: Law | National
Court won't rehear ICWA case involving Cherokee Nation father (08/30)
The South Carolina Supreme Court won't rehear an Indian Child Welfare Act case that has drawn national attention. On July 26, the court affirmed a decision to return custody of...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: ICWA punishes child returned to her Cherokee father (08/28)
"Marcia Zug knows a lot about family and Indian law. In her recent Slate piece, she swims against the strong current of outrage that ensued when “Baby Veronica,” age 2½,...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: Media slanted against ICWA in South Carolina case (08/23)
" On July 26, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued a decision affirming the return of Veronica, an adopted 2-year-old Cherokee child, to her biological father, Dusten Brown. The court’s...
Filed Under: Law | National
Couple wants rehearing in ICWA case of Cherokee Nation girl (08/14)
A non-Indian couple is asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to rehear an Indian Child Welfare Act case. On July 26, the court affirmed a decision to return custody of...
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