In re Samantha F. Figuring out where the California Court of Appeal courts are on the initial inquiry duty when a child is removed from
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Press release here. The bill is here. OLYMPIA — People who commit crimes on tribal lands would not be able to escape justice by fleeing
In a follow up to the foster parent intervention article that was published in ProPublica and The New Yorker in October, this week ProPublica published
If you are reading that title and thinking, “Kate, I am pretty sure you have posted this before. Like, a lot.” you are not wrong:https://turtletalk.blog/?s=AFCARS
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Here, finalized on Nov. 1: 34-niac-final-report_version-11.1.23_final It’s over 200 pages, so I’ve only been able to skim it so far, but it appears incredibly comprehensive:
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The Uniform Law Commission is seeking to consult with tribes regarding the need and/or benefit of a uniform ICWA law for those states that either
Over the last week, I’ve put together a (large, clunky) Google sheets of all the state ICWA laws. It isn’t perfect and subject to change
Recently the Washington Post published a long article on the issues in the Office of Solicitor General regarding their lack of diversity in hiring. This
The tribal child custody case here has received a lot of social media attention with very few details. The case is in Selawik Tribal Court.
Next opinion day is June 8. While we wait for Brackeen, I wanted to highlight this story from Colorado, where the Office of Respondent Parents’
It is with great pleasure to announce the Indian Law Clinic at MSU received an initial $200,000 to fund a Tribal Appellate Clerk Project from
Alaska elected its first Alaska Native to represent it in Congress. Rep. Elect Peltola is Yup’ik and grew up in Bethel, Alaska. A few things
We have a total of 21 pro-ICWA Amicus Briefs. Here they are in some rough categories and some VERY rough summaries. In writing this post,
The NNCTC is publishing a series of essays on Native child welfare, ICWA, and boarding schools. They are all available here. In the most recent,
Merits brief on behalf of the intervening tribes–Cherokee Nation, Oneida Nation, Quinault Indian Nation, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Navajo Nation–in the Haaland v. Brackeen
Here: Boarding_School_Initiative_Volume_1_Investigative_Report_May_2022 Assistant Secretary Newland makes eight recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior to fulfill the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, including producing a
sp-ord-116 These kind of cases feel like they are coming in a rapid speed right now–this is the third one I am aware of that
Today Texas, the individual plaintiffs, the Solicitor General, and the intervening tribal nations filed petitions for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the Court
Final_Motion for Summary Judgment Plaintiffs have standing to bring this case. Plaintiffs here include the largest federally recognized tribes in California and in the
Today: Kate Fort, ILPC; Annette Nickel, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Jade White, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Tamera Begay, Puyallup Tribe of Indians. I’m awfully
2020-09817-Final Rule Here is the new final AFCARS (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System) rule with virtually none of the elements we asked
BayMills_EnbridgeLine5_Release 2020-05-11 U-20763 Petition to Intevene by Bay Mills (Cover ltr+POS)