The Latest Breaking News on Native America

The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, in a June 15, 2023, ruling. Tribal leaders praised the decision as upholding the basic constitutional principles governing the relationships among Native…

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The Supreme Court has preserved a federal law giving preference to Native American families when it comes to adopting Native children in foster care

Justices ‘on the right side of history’ for upholding protections for Native American children against removal for adoption

7-2 ruling leaving landmark law intact hailed as victory ‘for all Indigenous children and all Indigenous Nations’

Supreme court upholds requirement Native Americans must be given preference in adoptions, fostering of Native children.

As we look ahead to National Indigenous Peoples Day, guest host Prof. Veldon Coburn speaks with Prof. Frank Deer, Canada Research Chair and associate dean of Indigenous Education at the University of Manitoba to tackle the issue of disappearing Indigenous languages and delve into how much more needs to be…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

LOS ANGELES — The nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Film Festival has received its largest endowment ever — totaling $4 million — to fund programs meant to boost Indigenous filmmakers from California tribes.

The discovery and rescue of four young Indigenous children, 40 days after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed in the remote Colombian rainforest, was hailed in the international press as a “miracle in the jungle”. But as an anthropologist who has spent more than a year living among the…

‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star is reportedly donating $200,000 to five different charities, after winning his defamation case against Heard last year