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  1. July 25, 2018

    Texas Judge Won't Toss Indian Child Welfare Act Challenge

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday denied bids to toss a suit from various states and some foster families challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act, finding that, among other things, the individual people who brought the suit "met the constitutional and prudential standing requirements to bring their claims."

  2. July 02, 2018

    States Fight Feds' Quick Win Bid In Native Adoption Law Suit

    Three states that have mounted a federal court challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act have urged a judge not to grant the federal government a partial quick win in the suit, saying no administrative record regarding a final rule relating to the law has been entered by the government.

  3. June 18, 2018

    Tribes Want Indian Child Welfare Act Challenge Nixed

    The Cherokee Nation and other Native American tribes on Friday asked for a quick win in a suit from various states and some foster families challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act, saying the parties bringing the suit are trying to undo decades of progress.

  4. June 01, 2018

    Navajo Can't Take Part In Indian Child Welfare Act Challenge

    A Texas federal judge on Friday declined the Navajo Nation's request to intervene in a suit brought by Texas and some foster families challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act, deciding that the tribe's interests were already represented by other tribes and the federal government.

  5. May 30, 2018

    States Back Indian Child Welfare Act In Texas' Challenge

    California and several other states with large Native American populations have voiced their support for the Indian Child Welfare Act in the state of Texas’ challenge to the statute in federal court, arguing that the law doesn’t violate constitutional protections and plays an important role in rectifying former abuses against tribes.

  6. March 28, 2018

    Tribes Push To Nix Challenge To Indian Child Welfare Act

    The Cherokee Nation, Oneida Nation, Quinault Indian Nation and Morongo Band of Mission Indians on Wednesday urged a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit led by Texas alleging a federal law that sets rules for adoption and custody cases involving Native American children is unconstitutional.

  7. February 14, 2018

    Feds Want End To Texas Suit Over Indian Child Welfare Act

    The U.S. Department of the Interior urged a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss a suit led by Texas alleging a federal law that sets rules for adoption and custody cases involving Native American children is unconstitutional, saying challenges to the law belong in state court. 

  8. January 01, 2018

    Native American Cases To Watch In 2018

    In the coming year, Native American law practitioners will be following the Cherokee Nation’s suit over the opioid epidemic and also watching a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a tribal casino challenge, a patent battle testing tribal sovereign immunity and Texas' bid to upend a federal Indian family law. Here are four cases attorneys think could have a big impact on Native American law in 2018.

  9. October 27, 2017

    Texas AG Says Indian Child Welfare Act Is Unconstitutional

    The state of Texas and a foster family have sued the U.S. government over a federal law they say unconstitutionally dictates rules for adoption and custody cases involving Native American children.

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