Puyallup Indian Tribe Invests in ICWA Defense and Tribal Family Advocacy—and Challenges Other Tribes to Do the Same
(Portland, Oregon, April 5, 2018)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) thanks the Puyallup Indian Tribe located in Tacoma, Washington, for their generous gift in support of NICWA’s advocacy to protectvulnerable Native children and families in state...
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians Invests in Defending the Indian Child Welfare Act
(Portland, OR, December 21, 2017)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) acknowledges and thanks the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe) of Shelbyville, Michigan, for their generous $10,000 donation to support defending...
NICWA Teams Up With Two Key Partners to Double Donations On Giving Tuesday
(Portland, OR, November 21, 2017)—NICWA is excited to announce our partnership with The Collins Foundation for a 1-to-1 match of new or increased donations made on #GivingTuesday—November 28th! With a goal of $2,500, donations will help NICWA keep Native children...
NICWA Statement on Presidential FY 2018 Budget
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...
The Heart of ICWA
ICWA Personal Stories Video Project Launch (Portland, Oregon, December 19, 2016)—For 37 years the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) has been a critical protection for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and their families who have often been mistreated...
Regulations to protect Native children go into effect
ICWA Defense Project praises critical step to enforce federal law (Portland, Oregon, December 12, 2016)—Today, the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) regulations on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) went into effect. These comprehensive, and now legally binding,...
National Native organizations receive funding to pursue First Kids 1st: Every Native Child is Sacred initiative
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...
NICWA Executive Director Praises New Indian Child Welfare Act Regulations
(Portland, OR, June 9, 2015)— In response to yesterday’s announcement of new Indian Child Welfare Act regulations, National Indian Child Welfare Association Executive Director Dr. Sarah Kastelic issued the following statement: The historic step that the Bureau of...