The law corrects for past discrimination against Native children. But conservatives say it's unconstitutionally based on race.

Mia Brett reminds us of the importance of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

This past month hundreds of unmarked graves of Native children have been found at two separate residential schools in Canada. Unfortunately, the United States has its own history with residential schools and removal of Native children, amounting to cultural genocide. These practices supported weakening the Native population and tribal sovereignty to ser…