Search results
Supreme Court Rules State has Concurrent Jurisdiction in Indian Territory
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Oklahoma has jurisdiction to prosecute...
As the Supreme Court debates a Navajo water rights case, climate change adds new questions
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt’s an effort for 73-year-old Percy Deal to haul water to his home on the Navajo Nation. Every...
Supreme Court rejects Navajo Nation's water rights trust claim
The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Navajo Nation argued that securing water rights to the Colorado River for the tribe fell under...
The Long History of Native American Adoptions
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Long History of Native American AdoptionsVisions of America - Getty Images In October 2017, a group of non-Native families, along with the states of...
Indigenous law experts say it's wrong to expect tribes to offer 'safe harbor' abortion services
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs the country reeled over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Tucson City...
Navajo Nation Just Got Hosed by the Supreme Court—Again
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMatt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen I first learned about the Trail of Tears in...
Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act, affirming tribal sovereignty
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a Texas federal court's decision...
Tribal law experts fear the effects of the Supreme Court on jurisdiction and sovereignty
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. Supreme Court handed down key decisions with implications for Indian Country in the final...
Resolution copper mine goes back before appeals court in a major religious rights case
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe fate of a proposed copper mine that Native people say would obliterate a sacred site near...
A Fort Worth family claimed a federal law was racist. The Supreme Court ruled against them
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 11 months agoThe U.S. Supreme Court upheld federal protections for Native American children on Thursday in a case...