Constitutional rights
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Supreme Court decision means crimes against Native American children continue
June 19, 2023 Last week, the Supreme Court issued a complicated 133-page opinion turning away challenges to the 1978 Indian Child Welfare…
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Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
The Indian Child Welfare Act: An Unconstitutional Attack on Freedom
Adapted from the thesis ‘Philosophical Underpinnings and Negative Consequences of the Indian Child Welfare Act,’ by Elizabeth Morris* PDF: The Indian…
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
(Video) The Implications of Native American Heritage on U.S. Constitutional Protections
Three-yr-old Lauryn Whiteshield was murdered a little over a month after her arrival to her grandfather’s home in the spring…
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Advocacy
Declared “Sanctuary” for Children Running from ICWA –
Over the years, we have seen so many distraught families – panicked over what was happening to their children, unsure…
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Advocacy
Lexi is not alone: New BIA rules ensure many children will be torn from their families
RE: Lexi, the little girl torn from her family in California after being labeled ‘Indian’ and subjected to a racist…
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Advocacy
Native American Kids Matter
There was a comment on this site last night that most people couldn’t see. As our followers know, I had…
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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Mark Fiddler Explains Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl
Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl, State ICWA Laws, and Constitutional Avoidance By: Mark D. Fiddler (fn 1)~ Minnesota State Bar…
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Advocacy
Who is “Stealing” WHOSE Kids?
Every now and then, someone accuses us of being an evil adoption org, “stealing” babies from families. I usually delete…
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Advocacy
Tribal Courts refuse to allow Defense?
Traveling Thursday, I stopped to visit a couple that first contacted CAICW several years ago. Parts of their story are…
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Advocacy
Yes – There IS Draft Legislation to Amend ICWA.
Yes, Veronica, there may be no Santa Claus, but there is a God and there is work being done to…
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Why Are Some Not Supporting this Father’s Purported Rights?
Some wonder why Capobianco supporters don’t side with a father whose child is being taken from him. Some have even…
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In re Bridget R.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY In re Bridget R., et al., Minors, (1996) 41 Cal.App.4th 1483 (Bridget R.).…
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Advocacy
Rep. Kevin Cramer: Gentleman, Hero
When an elected official shows not only class and dignity, but a sincere desire to uphold Constitutional rights, some of…
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CAICW Files Amicus Brief in Veronica Case
The statutory and constitutional issues addressed in this case impact the equal protection, due process, liberty, and state rights provisions…
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Tell Your Representatives to Make These Legislative Changes! Part Three
.7. Finally, if tribal membership is a political rather than racial designation, (as argued) than is it constitutional for the…
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