Tehassi Hill - U.S. Supreme Court - #StopColonizers
Channel: indianz
Date: 2022-11-10

Chairman Tehassi Hill of the Oneida Nation speaks on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on November 9, 2022.

Hill addresses the legal challenge facing the Indian Child Welfare Act. The was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1978 to ensure Indian children stay connected to their tribes and their communities.

Non-Indian and conservative state government officials are asking the nation's highest court to strike down the law as unconstitutional.

The Oneida Nation, headquartered in Wisconsin, is one of the tribes involved in the litigation, known as Haaland v. Brackeen.
 
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