Indian Child Welfare Act Labeled As Racist by Texas Family

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A law passed over four decades ago, is now being labeled as racist. Native Americans are fighting against efforts to have the law thrown out. Details from Radio Oklahoma’s Bob Sands.

A white Texas family filed a lawsuit against the Indian Child Welfare Act, claiming it is racist. The law was passed in 1978 to stop the wholesale removal of Indian children from their family’s to be placed with non-Indian families.

Depending on what the U.S. Supreme Court decides, the future of sovereign tribal nations hangs in the balance.