Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in 1978 following over 100 years of federal policies that separated Native children from their families and frequently placed them in non-Native homes. A pending decision before the US Supreme Court centers on the legality of this decades-old federal requirement and threatens to overturn the law. Jan Haaken talks with Dr. Art Blume about the case, the history of ICWA, and what’s at stake for tribal sovereignty and Native children and families. Blume is an American Indian scholar, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Washington State University Vancouver and former President of the Society of Indian Psychologists. Read the amicus brief from the Society of Indian Psychologists at https://www.apa.org/about/offices/ogc/amicus/haaland-brackeen
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