The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a foster family’s challenge to the adoption of their former foster daughter under the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Rusty and…
Jan 11, 2017 3:30 PM CST
Alexandria P.’s short life has been full of harsh goodbyes. At 17 months, she was taken from her parents after accusations of neglect. Los Angeles County authorities placed her in…
Oct 1, 2016 5:00 AM CDT
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The federal government announced on Friday that it will halt construction of an oil pipeline near a lake that plays an important role to members of the Standing Rock Sioux…
Sep 9, 2016 3:27 PM CDT
By February 1973, unrest among Lakota residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota was coming to a boil. Though in office barely a year, the tribe's elected chief,…
May 1, 2016 12:30 AM CDT
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The ABA is urging Congress to follow the recommendations of recent reports by the U.S. Justice Department and the Indian Law and Order Commission that call for giving American Indian…
Nov 1, 2015 12:40 AM CDT
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“Conversion therapy,” which seeks to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, has been rejected by a long list of medical organizations, James J.S. Holmes told the ABA’s…
Aug 4, 2015 12:53 PM CDT
For Tom Gede, a member of the Indian Law & Order Commission, the most emotional part of the entity’s work took place in Alaska.
That was where the commission,…
Jul 30, 2015 6:56 PM CDT
When South Dakota's Pennington County petitioned to take custody of Madonna Pappan's children, the hearing lasted slightly more than 60 seconds.
May 1, 2015 5:50 AM CDT
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Diane Millich was only days into her marriage when her husband first hit her. So began her year of "horrific terror."
Millich, a member of the Southern…
Apr 1, 2015 6:02 AM CDT
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In many American Indian religions, the eagle is considered a link to the creator and the spirit world. Its feathers are an important part of rituals, facilitating spiritual or physical…
Jan 1, 2015 5:53 AM CST
Lipan Apache religious leader Robert Soto prepares to perform at a June 2013 powwow in Monroe, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Tom Hawley and the Monroe News.
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The United States has agreed to pay the Navajo Nation $554 million in a record settlement with an American tribe in litigation over mismanagement of tribal resources.
The payment settles…
Sep 26, 2014 10:00 AM CDT
A Florida judge has thrown out a malpractice case brought by the Miccosukee Indian tribe alleging more than $10 million in billing fraud by two prominent Miami lawyers, the Dec 16, 2013 7:17 PM CST
The Cherokee Nation says in court papers filed last week that sovereign immunity protects it from efforts to collect more than $1 million in legal fees by lawyers for the…
Nov 25, 2013 7:35 PM CST
In a bitter custody dispute between a South Carolina adoptive couple and a child’s Native American birth father, the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the adoptive parents. In Justice…
Jun 25, 2013 6:45 PM CDT