More Amici Seek To Have Indian Child Welfare Act Overturned By High Court

(June 27, 2022, 8:52 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A nonprofit Indian child welfare group in North Dakota and 13 former Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) children or parents of ICWA children recently joined the growing ranks of amici curiae voicing opposition to the federal statute in four consolidated U.S. Supreme Court cases, saying in a June 2 brief that the law unconstitutionally “allows Indian children to be used as the pawns or weapons of tribal authorities or dissatisfied family members” and should be overturned....