(GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, May 14, 2019)–Today a coalition of tribes, organizations, and independent researchers will go before the United Nations to testify about American Indian and Alaskan Native Children who went Missing under the United States’ Indian Boarding School Policy. The coalition filed a submission with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances […]

(Portland, Ore., April 11, 2019)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) today thanks the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, located near Highland, California, for their generous grant of $149,949 to help NICWA provide resources to families who encounter the child welfare system. “NICWA strives to be responsive to the communities we serve,” said NICWA

MEDIA ADVISORY (Portland, Ore., March 28, 2018)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) received a $25,000 host sponsor­ship from the Seminole Tribe of Florida for this year’s 37th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, to be held at the Albuquerque Convention Center, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This year’s

(Portland, Ore., January 10, 2019)—On the 20th day of the government shutdown, eight national Native organizations are jointly urging the President and Congress to immediately end the partial government shutdown, which breaks the treaty and trust obligations the federal government owes to tribal nations. The organizations jointly sent a letter to Congress and the President

(Portland, OR, November 26, 2018)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) announces their partnerships with Spirit Rock Consulting for a 1-to-1 match up to $2,500 for #GivingTuesday and Willamette Week through the 2018 Give!Guide campaign. With a goal of $2,500, donations will help NICWA keep Native children connected to their family and culture. Knowing who

(Portland, OR, June 20, 2018)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) calls on the Trump Administration to acknowledge that ending the policy of systematically separating children from families at the border is not over until every child is reunited with their parents and found safe and unharmed. This National Refugee Day, we recognize the parallel

(Portland, Oregon, April 5, 2018)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association received a $25,000 host sponsorship from the Seminole Tribe of Florida for this year’s 36th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, to be held at Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, in Anchorage, Alaska. Thisyear’s sponsorship by the tribe

On May 23, 2017, the White House released its fiscal year 2018 budget for federal agencies. This was the more detailed version of the budget blueprint, or “skinny budget,” that was released in April of this year. As we reviewed the president’s budget, it was hard to understand how the list of budget cuts being

Washington, DC – This week, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation awarded a generous grant to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA), the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), and the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) to support a nationwide campaign to lift up and support Native youth. This initiative