{"id":29267,"date":"2022-11-01T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T23:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=29267"},"modified":"2022-11-01T19:54:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T23:54:34","slug":"indian-country-braces-for-u-s-supreme-court-hearing-in-icwa-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/01\/indian-country-braces-for-u-s-supreme-court-hearing-in-icwa-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Country braces for U.S. Supreme Court hearing in ICWA case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday, November 1, 2022<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
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<\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation\u2019s highest court is about to hear one of the biggest cases in Indian Country\u2019s history and already some troubling signs are emerging.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nDuring oral arguments for a pair of closely-watched affirmative action cases on Monday, one member of the U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> attempted to bring American Indians into the debate. But the questions posed by Justice Samuel Alito<\/a> were not about respecting the sovereignty of tribal nations<\/a> or upholding the U.S. government\u2019s trust and treaty responsibilities<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nInstead, Alito \u2014 who is part of the high court\u2019s conservative supermajority \u2014 appeared to reduce Indian people and their legal status to one of race. That very issue is at the heart of the Indian Child Welfare Act<\/a> (ICWA) case that will be heard next week.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nIn fact, conservative state government officials, as well as conservative organizations, claim that ICWA is unconstitutional because they say the law is based on race, rather than on the unique status afforded to tribes and their citizens as part of the legal and political relationship between the United States and Indian nations. \r\n

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