The 45 year-old Indian Welfare Act was intended to keep Native American families intact. But it's actually kept Native kids out of non-Native families who can love and want them.

(THE CONVERSATION) During oral arguments about the constitutionality of a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, U.S. Supreme Cour… ...

Even Native American children who’ve been in foster homes with non-Indians for years must be adopted by a Native family. This madness continues even in cases of abuse.