State of American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families Report
First published online: November 22, 2022State of American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families Report The State of American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families Report is a six-part series of data briefs that presents current data on American...
NICWA News Fall 2022
Quarterly Newsletter 2022 Fall NICWA News "Protect ICWA. Protect Tribal Sovereignty." NICWA News is the quarterly newsletter for members and donors of the National Indian Child Welfare Association. Donate or become a member today to subscribe.For reprint requests,...
2022 Summer NICWA News
Quarterly Newsletter 2022 Summer NICWA News "Coming Together in a Good Way" NICWA News is the quarterly newsletter for members and donors of the National Indian Child Welfare Association. Donate or become a member today to subscribe.For reprint requests, additional...
2022 Spring NICWA News
Quarterly Newsletter 2022 Spring NICWA News "Celebrating Those Who Serve Native Families" NICWA News is the quarterly newsletter for members and donors of the National Indian Child Welfare Association. Donate or become a member today to subscribe.For reprint...
Department of Interior Releases Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report
Department of Interior Releases Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report On May 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior released the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. Supervised by Principal Deputy Assistant...
2022 Winter NICWA News
Quarterly Newsletter 2022 Winter NICWA News "Being of Service to Community" NICWA News is the quarterly newsletter for members and donors of the National Indian Child Welfare Association. Donate or become a member today to subscribe.For reprint requests, additional...
US Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to ICWA
Media Contactmedia@nicwa.org(Portland, Ore., February 28, 2022)—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a 44-year-old law which has long been considered the gold standard in child welfare policy....
2022 Policy Priorities
2022 Policy Priorities Each year the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) identifies policy priorities that will guide our efforts and focus our resources during the calendar year. These annual priorities are developed through input from our board, staff,...
Indian Country Leading the Way in Redesigning Child Welfare
Across the country, important conversations regarding systems change are taking place. There are many approaches and many different names for these child welfare system-change conversations. At NICWA, we call this systems-change work redesigning child welfare. As...
Amicus Briefs Filed to Uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act and Support Indian Children and Families in Brackeen v. Haaland (formerly Brackeen v. Bernhardt)
Media ContactSarah Kastelicskastelic@nicwa.org(Portland, Ore., October 12, 2021)—On Friday, 180 tribal nations and 35 Native organizations, 25 states and the District of Columbia, and Casey Family Programs and 10 child welfare and adoption organizations filed briefs...