2024 Tribal Child Welfare (ICWA, State Child Welfare, Tribal Courts) News Stories


I thought my biological family didn’t want me. But they'd never stopped looking for me (Today) 11/22/2024

NICWA statement on the 2024 election (Native News Online) 11/7/2024

What the Indian Child Welfare Act means for tribal sovereignty (Inside Compliance: Loyola University Chicago School of Law blog) 10/18/2024

Minnesotans rally on state Supreme Court steps to protest latest challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (The Imprint) 9/30/2024

California bill builds on federal Indian Child Welfare Act (Native News Online) 9/30/2024

Bill to increase child support on Navajo Nation moves forward (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 9/10/2024

California law helps Tribes keep kids out of foster care. A new court ruling strengthens their hand (Pleasanton Weekly) 8/21/2024

Drawing on her past, a Hopi adoptee champions the rights of Indigenous families (The Imprint) 8/14/2024

Indian nations agreement signed with Washington state to provide Indian child welfare services (Alaska Native News) 4/30/2024

Bill creating Indian Child Advisory Council signed into law (South Dakota Public Broadcasting) 3/8/2024

Indian Child Welfare Act faces another constitutional challenge in Minnesota (The Imprint) 3/6/2024

Reunifying Native families after foster care (Montana Free Press) 2/16/2024


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