Aug 9, 2019 | Latest News
(PORTLAND, Ore. August 9, 2019)β 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 courtβs decision affirmed the constitutionality of ICWA, recognizing the...
Dec 13, 2019 | Latest News
(PORTLAND, Ore. December 13, 2019) β Today, 486 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and 59 Native organizations filed an amicus brief to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals defending the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act...
Jun 20, 2018 | Latest News
(Portland, OR, June 20, 2018)βThe 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...
Jun 14, 2018 | Latest News
(Portland, OR, June 14, 2018)βThe National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) acknowledges and thanks the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, located in Highland, California, for the generous grant to help tribal and non- tribal stakeholders understand the...
Dec 21, 2017 | Latest News
(Portland, OR, December 21, 2017)βThe 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...