Alaska Native tribes and organizations are describing today's Supreme Court decision upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act as a win for tribal sovereignty.
Demonstrators stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, Nov. 9, 2022, as the court hears arguments over the Indian Child Welfare Act. On Thursday, June 15, 2023, the Supreme Court preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, leaving in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act.
Groups around the state had supported the defense of the Indian Child Welfare Act by signing “friend of the court” briefs. In August 2022, over 150 tribal organizations around the state signed onto one suchThe managing attorney for the Alaska office of the Native American Rights Fund, Erin Dougherty Lynch, aided with that“The opinion is very strongly grounded in longstanding principles of federal law,” she said. “And it’s very affirming for a lot of people.
Alex Cleghorn, senior legal and policy director at the Alaska Native Justice Center, said his reaction was “one of relief and joy.”
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