Coalition Seeks Answers about Children Who Went Missing at U.S. Indian Boarding School via United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances

May 14, 2019 | Latest News

(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...

Joint Statement on the Federal District Court of Northern Texas denying to stay the court’s ruling on constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act

Oct 30, 2018 | Latest News

(Portland, OR, October 30, 2018)—The National Indian Child Welfare Association, the National Congress of American Indians, the Association on American Indian Affairs, and the Native American Rights Fund are disappointed that the Federal District Court of Northern...

The Heart of ICWA

Jan 13, 2021 | Latest News

Recognizing the need for ICWA public education materials that can be distributed widely and throughout social media channels, the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) partnered with award-winning Producer/Director Karen Odyniec and Producer Milo Daemgen...

Membership

May 1, 2017

w Become a Member  Gift of membership  Recruit-a-member Membership NICWA is dedicated to providing its members with access to information, people, and resources to facilitate their work in Native child welfare and build a national network of Indian child welfare...

Groups

May 1, 2017

Group Contracts Improve your staff’s knowledge of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978. By providing the Introduction to ICWA course to your staff, they will be prepared to effectively work with ICWA cases. Using NICWA’s learning management system, many staff...