The decisions of the South Dakota Supreme Court contain many cases involving the federal law known as the Indian Child Welfare Act. They are always a sad story. One purpose of ICWA is to give tribal courts jurisdiction over parental rights of Indian children on reservations. Another purpose is to provide tribal jurisdiction, in concurrence with state court, over parental rights when the Indian family lives off-reservation. Sometimes ICWA works. Sometimes it doesn’t.Get the Story:
Bob Mercer: ICWA, for better or worse (The Mitchell Daily Republic 5/28)
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