hey there, i was wondering if you knew anything about when the scotus will actually review the ICWA, like what date? i keep looking it up to try and find out oabout protests happening beforehand, but ican't find anything, no date, no protests, and i'm trying to findw ways to help but so far i haven't really been able to find anything, could you perhaps point me to more information on this? i really want to help but so far i can't find many ways to help, much information on it other than tumblr posts, i've watched a few videos and signed a few petitions but i want to help more so if you know of any ways, it would be really appreciated! if not, then that's fine too and i hope you have a nice day.
October itll be up for review, there is no specific date atm. And a decision will likely be made in 2023 according to another article I read.
There are no protests or anything most likely because this is a native concern which unfortunately means that a Lot people probably have no idea it’s happening. Media suppresses us a lot and people generally don’t go out of their way to inform themselves about our issues.
So a way you can help is spreading awareness. Tell people.
Get them to understand that this will put all our rights as natives under threat. Housing, food, even our land, etc. You could make graphics or share some that natives made already. Go out of your way to share posts like that on a regular basis so you there’s no chance anyone on your feed misses the info.
Mention wanting to protest for it. Hopefully some people will share your posts and organizers will start to take notice.
Updates!
The date that the supreme court will be hearing Brackeen V Haland is November 9, 2022
For those that missed it:
ICWA is the Indian Child Welfare Act. Back in the 50’s-60’s the USA had its own stolen generation that was result of something called The Indian Adoption Project. This project sought to remove native children from their homes and be placed into white families.
And before you start to dismiss this as being serious, I want to show you the UN’s definition of genocide. (I’ll note here that reservations qualify as point c as well).
What you can do:
- Sign and share the petition. Even if you don’t think petitions help (I don’t, tbh), share it anyway, we need the visibility. Also consider donating to this source as well, they’re amazing indigenous representatives.
- Spread posts about it.
- Comment about it on all the Indigenous Peoples Day and columbus day you’ll see today and the rest of the week. Share it on posts about Thanksgiving, on anything, in the comments of influencers, too. That’s what I’ve done and a few pages offered to make posts and such after. It’s a matter of raising awareness.
- Get your friends and followers discussing it, too. Help build a dialogue and knowledge surrounding ICWA.
- And I can’t stress this enough, you need to visibly support us. Draw up flyers for your town, make graphics, share, comment, tweet, retweet, reblog, post, get karma for it, etc. Everywhere on everything.
- Consider this affects YOU too. If they can justify taking our kids and placing them in homes they KNOW are harmful then consider what else the child welfare system has been up to. Imagine what they’re STILL up to. Imagine many of YOU have been separated from your kids and parents for unjust reasons, reasons intended to harm not just you but your Entire community. If they can justify doing this to us in court, imagine how many horrors that would legalize.
If you defended bodily autonomy then you should equally support the autonomy & sovereignty we have to care for our own children without the intervention of foreign governments.
Governments that not one whole generation ago were brutalizing our children, kidnapping them, and stripping them of culture, btw. Governments that to this day are sterilizing indigenous women in what they call detention centers. Governments that are the very reason this protection exists in the first place.








