In October 2022, Native American tribes urged this state’s Congress to repeal its House Bill 1775, which prohibits the teaching of critical race theory. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this state, half of whose land was declared to belong to Native American nations like the Muscogee in the 2020 Supreme Court case “McGirt v.” this state.
ANSWER: Oklahoma [or OK; accept McGirt v. Oklahoma]
[10h] The McGirt decision hinged on the fact that reservations that enforced this class of crimes were never disestablished. An 1885 law defines these crimes that are prosecuted at the federal level despite being committed on a reservation.
ANSWER: major crimes [accept Major Crimes Act]
[10m] In November 2022, the Supreme Court heard challenges to the “active efforts” standard applied to this practice in Native communities by the 1976 ICWA as part of the case Haaland v. Brackeen.
ANSWER: child adoption [or word forms such as adopting a child; accept foster care or foster homes or being a foster parent; prompt on parenting; prompt on family preservation or keeping families together or equivalents by asking “what process results from the failure of the active efforts standard?”]
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