Perspectives
Alaska Supreme Court considers whether Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl applies to State-initiated child protection proceedings
Carmen White Horse spoke about the murder of her granddaughter Reganne Chekpa during the inaugural MMIP conference held by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Rosebud Sioux Tribe. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
In June 2013, the Alaska Supreme Court held in Native Village of Tununak v. Dep’t of Health & Soc. Servs (Tununak I) that ICWA implicitly mandates that good cause to deviate from ICWA’s adoptive placement preferences must be proven by clear … Continue reading read more