In Native American adoption case, Supreme Court explores race and tribal sovereignty

By lynnd | November 26, 2022

One family’s fight could upend decades of federal law.

By Devin Dwyer, Sarah Herndon, and Isabella Meneses

November 22, 2022

FORT WORTH, Texas — Dr. Jennifer and Chad Brackeen and their four kids are a blended family in a fight to stay together. But in the process, they could upend more than 40 years of federal law on the sovereignty of America’s Native tribes and affect the fate of numerous Native children.