US: Broader tribal sovereignty at stake in federal Indian Child Welfare Act case (Commentary)
Missouri Independent – October 26, 2021
A federal law to protect Native families from being separated is on a likely path to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the 41-year-old law could be upended – threatening tribal sovereignty. And while child welfare is the specific issue at the heart of the case, tribal advocates contend the real goal of the deep-pocketed effort to overturn the law is an erosion of tribal sovereignty to benefit special interests, particularly extractive industries, hoping to profit from tribal lands.
https://missouriindependent.com/2021/10/26/broader-tribal-sovereignty-at-stake-in-federal-indian-child-welfare-act-case/