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The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA, enacted November 8, 1978 and codified at 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901–1963 [1]) is a United States federal law that governs jurisdiction over the removal of American Indian children from their families in custody, foster care, and adoption cases.
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924; Civilization Fund Act; Curtis Act of 1898; Dawes Act; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; Hawaiian Homelands; House concurrent resolution 108; Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990; Indian Child Welfare Act; Indian Claims Limitations Act; Indian Land Claims Settlements
Story at a glance The Indian Child Welfare Act sets federal standards to prioritize keeping Native American children with their nuclear or extended family, their tribe or a member of another tribe ...
The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate in a sign of ...
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to children alleged and found to be in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection by catering to their basic needs through proper care, protection, development, treatment, social re-integration, by adopting a child-friendly approach in the adjudication and disposal of matters in the best interest of children and for their ...
The bill would establish an annual council of stakeholders from across state government and the child welfare system to discuss matters of Indian child welfare.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is an Indian statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, the Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005. The Commission works under the aegis of Ministry of Women and Child Development .
The Meskwaki stepped in when Kelly Buffalo-Quinn tried to put her baby up for adoption. It took reconnecting with her culture to understand why.