Thread by @Noodlz2020

A 🧵of recent articles about ICWA going up before this SCOTUS

Raise awareness. This one's bigger than we're all imagining at the moment.

#DefendICWA

"The well-being of our children, the sovereignty of tribal governments and the promises that have been made to our people is, once again, at stake."

newjerseymonitor.com/2022/10/10/ind…

"“For me, it’s just another political attack on whether tribes could continue to exist as we know them today,” Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill"

#DefendICWA

cherokeephoenix.org/news/advocates…

"But honoring tribal sovereignty isn’t about discrimination or race. That’s a fundamental misunderstanding of Indigenous rights."

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aclu.org/podcast/is-sco…

""The first one is under the equal protection clause, and they are saying ICWA is a race-based law, which it is not," South said.

South believes ICWA is the golden standard when it comes to protecting native children."

kten.com/story/47520969…

"But tribal officials, in Supreme Court filings, called Texas’ race-based claims “inflammatory,” noting that no appellate court has accepted the state’s argument that ICWA is facially invalid as race discrimination."

#DefendICWA
tulsaworld.com/news/state-and…

"This case is about so much more than Indian youth and this single law, and Anti-Indian constituencies have jumped at the chance to support the plaintiffs."

#DefwndICWA
thenation.com/article/politi…

"If it is overturned, laws associated with upholding tribal sovereignty and the right of tribes to self-govern are threatened as well."

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hercampus.com/school/u-mass-…

"For Susan Harness, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Confederated Tribes and a survivor of the pre-ICWA adoption era, the immediate stakes of it being struck down are clear.

“It will open the floodgates to cultural annihilation"
hcn.org/issues/54.10/i…

"The removal of Native American children is rooted in colonization, according to Margaret Jacobs, professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln."

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insider.com/latter-day-sai…

"“For my adoption, it was a big gamble,” she said. “And I could have very easily been placed with another [non-Native] family. And how many children are there that didn’t have that protection?”"

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ktoo.org/2022/10/28/you…

"Both professors spoke about how, depending on how the right-wing court rules, ICWA could be drastically altered or even toppled, resulting in a potentially profound effect on Indian law."

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michiganadvance.com/2022/10/10/u-o…

“There is more at stake in this case, however, because one of the questions to be resolved is whether ICWA is constitutional at all,” Deer said. “In other words, the Supreme Court could overturn ICWA.”

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nhonews.com/news/2022/sep/…

"That means Natives make up about 8% of children in foster case, even though they only make up about 1% of the population."

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greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/nat…

"Further, the consequences of a ruling in favor of Brackeen et al. affects more than just Native youth and the upholding of the ICWA."

#DefendICWA #ProtectICWA
aipi.asu.edu/blog/2022/10/p…

"Congressional reports supporting ICWA’s establishment in 1978 found that as many as 35% of all Native children were being removed ... “85% of those children were placed outside of their families and communities"

#DefendICWA #ProtectICWA
alaskapublic.org/2022/10/31/you…

"More than 20% of Alaskans are Alaska Native or Native American, but about 55% of children in state custody are Alaska Native."

#DefendICWA #ProtectICWA
alaskapublic.org/2022/11/02/an-…