By: Brittany Habbart The crippling effects American Indian (AI) adoption has had on the Indian community forced Congress to take action and pass the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in 1978.[1] Since then, ICWA has continued “to protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and … Continue reading American Indian Adoptees’ Mental Health in Non-Indian Homes
Sovereignty: The Appropriate Way to Address Racial Inequity
By: Ashleigh Fixico On July 22, 2021, one year after the Supreme Court affirmed the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s (“Nation”) reservation boundaries in McGirt v. Oklahoma, Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) introduced H.R. 4637, a bill to sever the United States’ government-to-government relationship with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation until it restores citizenship to the Mvskoke[1] Freedmen. The … Continue reading Sovereignty: The Appropriate Way to Address Racial Inequity
The Dangers of the McGirt Misinformation Campaign
By: Ryan Maxey The State of Oklahoma would like the United States Supreme Court to reconsider[1] its July 2020 holding in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma. Governor Kevin Stitt, among others, claims that by holding that the Muscogee Creek reservation was never disestablished,[2] the Supreme Court has thrown the state into chaos. Governor Stitt … Continue reading The Dangers of the McGirt Misinformation Campaign
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