Department of Interior Releases Federal Indian Boarding School Investigative Report Vol. II

Aug 20, 2024 | Latest News

Department of Interior Releases Federal Indian Boarding School Investigative Report Vol. II On July 30, 2024, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the release of the second and final report of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. The second...

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reaffirms the Constitutionality of ICWA

Aug 9, 2019 | Latest News

(PORTLAND, Ore. August 9, 2019)— Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals published its decision in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, the federal court challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The court’s decision affirmed the constitutionality of ICWA, recognizing the...

Community Engagement with First Nations Communities

Jan 29, 2020

Where We’ve Been  January 2020 “Measure what you value, and people will value what you measure.” – Terry Cross On January 14-16th, the First Nations Health Council hosted the 2020 Gathering Wisdom for a Shared Journey X in Vancouver, BC. Gathering...

The Pokémon Company Group Donates to NICWA to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Children

Aug 20, 2020 | Latest News

(Portland, Ore., August 20, 2020)—As part of The Pokémon Company group’s donation to charitable nonprofit organizations around the world that improve the lives of children, the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) received a gift from the group to support...

NICWA and Social Current to Host a Webinar on Challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act

Jul 26, 2022 | Latest News

Media Contactmedia@nicwa.org (Portland, Ore., July 26, 2022)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) and Social Current today announced a webinar to take place on August 11, 2022, from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET on Challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act and...