Tulalip lawyer: Native rights at risk in pending SCOTUS decision
TULALIP — Lawyer Lisa Koop saw “a lot of intergenerational trauma” while working on child welfare cases for the Tulalip Tribes in the 2000s.
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Breaking the cycle, Koop said, starts with giving parents the support and resources to heal. It also starts with letting parents stay with their kids and raise Indigenous children in their culture, she said. For over four decades, the Indian Child Welfare Act has given tribal governments authority over the adoption of Native American children.
Now, the U.S. Supreme Court could roll back those protections.
In February, the court decided to hear challenges to the constitutionality of the 1978 legislation. Justices are expected to hear the case this fall.
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