Opinion: Native children benefit from knowing their heritage. Why attack a system that helps them?
Tehassi Hill, tribal chairman of the Oneida Nation, outside a federal appeals court on March 13 in New Orleans following arguments on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act. By Bob Ferguson and Fawn Sharp March 20 at 6:46 PM Bob Ferguson is the attorney general of Washington state. Fawn Sharp is president of the Quinault Indian Nation.
For 40 years, the act has protected the best interests of Native children and helped preserve the integrity of tribal nations across the United States.
For Native children, the ICWA has protected their right to know and understand their own culture. For many, it has allowed ongoing connection to extended families and tribal communities, allowing important cultural traditions to be passed down and tribal nations to build brighter futures. Though this latest assault on the ICWA is not the first, it is based on the same fundamentally flawed argument that ignores the sovereignty of tribal nations and the benefits to Native children of growing up with access to their traditions.
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