Minnesota House unanimously passes bill strengthening protections for Indigenous families and children
Mar 10, 2023 10:45AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan lights sage inside of an abalone shell on March 9, 2023, and offers community members to smudge while a community member sings a Dakota prayer song. Flanagan met with local lawmakers and community members before the state House’s vote on the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act. Credit: Jadia Grey Eagle | Sahan Journal
By FARRAH MINA - Sahan Journal - March 9, 2023
The ICWA is an agreement between the federal government and tribal nations giving tribes the right to take over child abuse and neglect cases from state courts.
But there is growing concern that an ongoing legal challenge now before the Supreme Court, the Brackeen v. Haaland case, could upend these federal protections and threaten Native families in states that have not shored up local laws. Minnesota and at least 10 other states are preparing themselves by enacting local legislation to further strengthen the protections now available under ICWA.
To read the full story, visit the Sahan Journal site here.
By FARRAH MINA - Sahan Journal - March 9, 2023
The ICWA is an agreement between the federal government and tribal nations giving tribes the right to take over child abuse and neglect cases from state courts.
But there is growing concern that an ongoing legal challenge now before the Supreme Court, the Brackeen v. Haaland case, could upend these federal protections and threaten Native families in states that have not shored up local laws. Minnesota and at least 10 other states are preparing themselves by enacting local legislation to further strengthen the protections now available under ICWA.
To read the full story, visit the Sahan Journal site here.
