Dr. Jennifer and Chad Brackeen and their four kids are a blended family in a fight to stay together. But in the process, they could upend more than 40 years of federal law on the sovereignty of ...

WASHINGTON – Some of Autumn Adams' most vivid childhood memories involve sitting in a courtroom or talking with child protective services after her father died, her mother was deemed unfit to be a ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families. By a 7-2 vote, the justices rejected a ...

The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2021. (Eric Lee For The Texas Tribune, Eric Lee For The Texas Tribune) Jennifer and Chad Brackeen, an anesthesiologist and a stay-at-home dad, already had two ...

(THE CONVERSATION) During oral arguments about the constitutionality of a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, U.S. Supreme Court Justice ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a decades-old federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native children. In a 7-2 ruling, the ...

Tribal leaders say the law keeps Native American children with their families and communities. Opponents say the law creates a race-based barrier and violates the 14th Amendment. A previous case on ...

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