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Native American children's protection against adoption by non-Indian families is before the Supreme Court

  • Written by Kirsten Matoy Carlson, Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageTehassi Hill, tribal chairman of the Oneida Nation, stands outside a U.S. appeals court in 2019 after arguments in a case that has made its way to the Supreme Court.AP Photo/Kevin McGill

During oral arguments about the constitutionality of a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, U.S. Supreme...

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