Obama Admin. sides with Kaltag Tribe in ICWA case

The U.S. filed an amicus brief in the Indian Child Welfare Act case Hogan v. Kaltag. The brief sides with the tribe and states that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals “correctly held that the tribal court had concurrent jurisdiction in a proceeding about custody over a child member of the tribe.”  

To access the Native America Rights Fund’s case update click here and its Supreme Court Project case index here.

Also, on the topic of ICWA, anyone interested in California Indian Legal Resources' 2010 ICWA Benchguide can access it by clicking here. The guide can be reproduced without express permission of CILS, but not altered, changed or amended.

-Carolyn