Mealey's (January 9, 2017, 11:32 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 9 declined to review three cases involving Native American law issues — a California case concerning placement of an Indian child under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and two cases concerning attempts by tribes in Michigan and California to gain federal recognition in which the government declined to respond to petitions for certiorari....