Alaska
Alaska’s Native and political leaders praise Supreme Court decision on Indian Child Welfare Act | #alaska | #politics
- Google-News-Wire
- December 25, 2023
- Alaska Federation of Natives
- Alaska Natives
- Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska
- Congressman
- congressmen
- council
- democrats
- economy
- elections
- governor
- Indian Child Welfare Act
- Lisa Murkowski
- Mary Peltola
- mayor
- politics
- president
- republican
- senator
- Treg Taylor
On Thursday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act in a 7-2 decision. The ruling preserves a 35-year-old law intended to address the harm caused by the federal government’s boarding school program by prioritizing the placement of Alaska Native and American Indian children into tribal homes. Alaska Native […]
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