Indian Child Welfare Act

A law central to tribal sovereignty will stand following a 7-2 Supreme Court ruling released Thursday.

Native children are far more likely to end up in state custody, and the Indian Child Welfare Act aims to keep them within Indigenous communities. Last…

Speaking at an event in Oklahoma City on Oct 8, Stephanie Hudson held a piece of paper that read “#DefendICWA.” ICWA is the Indian Child Welfare Act, and…

The biological father of a Cherokee girl adopted by a South Carolina couple has dropped his custody claims. Dusten Brown and a Cherokee Nation assistant…

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is dropping her request to extradite the biological father of a Cherokee girl who was at the center of a bitter custody…

A South Carolina couple is asking an Oklahoma man and the Cherokee Nation to pay for expenses in connection with the couple's adoption of a Cherokee…

The father of a Cherokee girl at the center of a custody dispute has surrendered to Oklahoma authorities amid claims he's interfering with parental rights…

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has granted an emergency stay to keep a 3-year-old Cherokee girl with her biological father.A docket listing for the state…

Court documents show a lawyer appointed to look out for the best interests of a 3-year-old Cherokee girl at the center of an adoption dispute has asked a…

The father of a Cherokee Indian girl at the center of an adoption dispute has turned himself in to authorities but refused extradition to South…