Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Native American News Roundup July 31 - August 6, 2022 by Cecily Hilleary WASHINGTON -- Here is a summary of Native American-related news around the U.S. this week: Supreme Court to Consider ICWA in Biggest American Indian Case in Decades The newly released U.S. Supreme Court schedule shows that the justices will begin hearing arguments November 9 in [1]Haaland vs. Brackeen, a consolidation of three cases that challenge the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA): Cherokee Nation v. Brackeen, Texas v. Haaland and Brackeen v. Haaland. Congress passed the ICWA in 1978 to discourage states from placing Native American children in non-Native American homes. Before the ICWA, between [2]25% and 35% of all American Indian children had been placed in adoptive homes, foster homes or institutions; the vast majority were raised by non-Natives. The ICWA sets guidelines for how states should handle child welfare cases involving Native American children. "Before you can place an Indian child in a non-Indian home, you have to first look for another member of the immediate family, then another member of the tribe, then another Indian family before you can place that child in a non-Indian home," Stephen Pevar, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, [3]told VOA in 2018. A Texas federal court in 2018 struck down the ICWA as "unconstitutional," saying the law discriminates against non-Native couples looking to adopt Native children. The case worked its way through several lower courts, and in September 2021, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Native Americans [4]worry that if a conservative majority of justices rule against the ICWA, other federal Indian laws, including tribal sovereignty itself, could be threatened. [5]Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar A Look at Supreme Chief Justice Neil Gorsuch's record on tribal sovereignty This week, [6]Insider looks at the record of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on matters involving U.S. treaty obligations to tribes. Gorsuch broke from the conservative majority in his June 29 opinion in [7]Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, which considered whether the state could prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes against Native victims on tribal land. That case revisited a 2020 decision in [8]McGirt v. Oklahoma, which determined that a large swath of eastern Oklahoma remained an Indian reservation and that only tribal and federal governments had criminal jurisdiction over crimes committed on reservations. Insider examines Gorsuch's career to shed light on how his experience in a Western appellate court informs his opinions today. "Gorsuch would have seen many Native law cases under various contexts, helping him gain a deep understanding of the historic precedents," the article states. [9]Justice Neil Gorsuch's background primed him to break from the other conservatives on Native law and defend tribal sovereignty Michigan Next Stop on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's 'Road to Healing' Tour Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland will visit Pellston, Michigan, as part of a year-long tour aimed at giving Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and their descendants an opportunity to speak about their experiences in Indian boarding schools. An outgrowth of the 2021 [10]Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, the "Road to Healing" tour also gathers permanent oral histories. The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa of Harbor Springs, Michigan, will host the August 13 event with 35 Tribal Nations invited to participate. There will be trauma support available at the site, as there was at the first listening session July 9 in Anadarko, Oklahoma. Haaland and Newland will hold further listening sessions in Arizona and Hawaii later this year. 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