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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.
Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act of 2022: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate the statute of limitations for the filing of a civil claim for any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422 ...
Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne–Hodulgee Muscogee) is a policy maker, author, legal activist for American Indian rights, and founder of the Morning Star Institute LaDonna Harris ( Comanche ), activist, founder of Americans for Indian Opportunity, and US vice-presidential candidate.
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.
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 law makes it illegal to slaughter cats and dogs for food at the federal level, with exceptions for certain indigenous religious or cultural practices. Former President Trump signed the bill ...
After over a year of championing the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, the reality star and businesswoman shared the uplifting news that the U.S. Senate has voted unanimously to pass it.
Indian Child Welfare Act: The Indian Child Welfare Act was passed by the U.S. Congress and gives tribal governments a strong voice concerning child custody proceedings which involve Indian children, by allocating tribes exclusive jurisdiction over the case when the child resides on, or is domiciled on, the reservation, or when the child is a ...