Families Fight Native American Adoption Rules

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) - The Indian Child Welfare Act prevents Native Americans from choosing the best adoptive family for their children, parents and adoption agencies claim in Federal Court.

The lawsuit from the National Council for Adoption et al. is not the first to challenge the constitutionality of the 1978 law and its enforcement by the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

At one time, the federal government went out of its way to remove children from reservations, under its so-called assimilation policy.

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