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The U.S. Supreme Court also has issued the long-awaited decision in Haaland v. Brackeen. #ICWA #DefendICWA #ProtectICWA
supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf…
supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf…
The Haaland v. Brackeen has been one of the most closely watched Indian law cases in recent history. At stake is the Indian Child Welfare Act, the gold standard in child welfare law and the law that recognizes that tribes have a say in the futures of their children. #ICWA
The decision in Haaland v. Brackeen is noticeably complex. The entire document, including the syllabus, opinion, concurring opinions and dissent totals 133 pages. #ICWA #DefendICWA #ProtectICWA
Disturbing but unsurprising to hear members of the SCOTUS in the #ICWA case arguing that Indigenous peoples were violent and therefore couldn't care for our children. Let's unpack this idea - a thread 🧵
The myth that Indigenous people were *more* violent that other people has been around for a long time. It was used as a justification for imperialism and colonialism by Europeans.
There was violence and conflict between Indigenous nations in the past, but there were also peace treaties, confederacies, and other systems in place to maintain peace.
As an Indigenous attorney from the global South, I choose to wake up in the “iron cold” of Federal Indian Law and fight for basic human rights to apply to Indigenous Peoples. Even so, it’s crushing to hear #Brackeen as #GibsonDunn attempts to erode #ICWA and #TribalSovereignty.🧵
I’ve litigated #ICWA cases with @BenRundallEsq in AZ, and even in a state with 22 federally recognized Tribes, it was abundantly clear that courts aren’t competent to respect protections meant to remedy the historical wrongs of taking Indigenous children away from their families.
Adoption and foster care emerge from the intentional control and destruction of Indigenous kinship through the forced removal of children from Indigenous communities, and their forced assimilation into European cultures.
🧵#NAAM2022 #AdoptionIsTraumaAND #AdopteeTwitter #FFY 1/6
🧵#NAAM2022 #AdoptionIsTraumaAND #AdopteeTwitter #FFY 1/6
This violence is carried out under the logic of “kill the Indian; save the man,” and the extraction of resources from the land in service of the prosperity of the invading settlers. 2/6
At the scale of the individual adopting family, Indigenous children were often used as free labor in addition to nuclear-family wish fulfillment. 3/6
A 🧵of recent articles about ICWA going up before this SCOTUS
Raise awareness. This one's bigger than we're all imagining at the moment.
#DefendICWA
Raise awareness. This one's bigger than we're all imagining at the moment.
#DefendICWA
"The well-being of our children, the sovereignty of tribal governments and the promises that have been made to our people is, once again, at stake."
newjerseymonitor.com/2022/10/10/ind…
newjerseymonitor.com/2022/10/10/ind…
"“For me, it’s just another political attack on whether tribes could continue to exist as we know them today,” Oneida Nation Chairman Tehassi Hill"
#DefendICWA
cherokeephoenix.org/news/advocates…
#DefendICWA
cherokeephoenix.org/news/advocates…
I'm so tired of all these 'we'll adopt your baby' takes. My Native mother was gaslit by Mormons and her own mom that she'd be an unfit young mom. My mom will never stop mourning the loss of her first born.
Not every baby up for adoption in this country was given away willingly.
This is blowing a bit, so I wanna boost support for recognition for the Chinook Nation. The Chinook still aren't federally recognized even tho the PNW uses their art and Name for tourism.
