joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>In the case Haaland v. Bracken, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> today upheld the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IndianChildWelfareAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianChildWelfareAct</span></a> (ICWA) by a 7-2 margin, a 1978 law that gives tribal governments exclusive jurisdiction over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> children who live on reservations. Considered to be the “gold standard” of child welfare policy, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICWA</span></a> has protected the continued existence of Indian tribes and their most vital resource — Indian children — for 45 years.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-affirms-indian-child-152141267.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-a</span><span class="invisible">ffirms-indian-child-152141267.html</span></a></p>