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Presentation on ICWA history, Tools, Culture, and Resources (Presentation is a little glitchy - because of conversion to Slideshare)TRANSCRIPT
Welcome: Please Write One Thing You Wish To learn Today While You Watch This Clip
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From “Smiling Indians” - YouTube
ICWA, NPR, US and YOU
The Indian Child Welfare Act
Rachelle P. Goldenberg, MSW
(Ancient?) History
1830 - Removal
1834 - War- BIA
1849 - DOI - BIA
1871 - No More Treaties
1879 - Carlisle
1887 - Dawes Act
1924 - 1960 - Citizenship
1949-1960 - Relocation
1975 - Self Determination
1978 - ICWA
1987 - Gaming
1990 - Repatriation
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History isn’t pretty.... and it isn’t Ancient either...
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
Photo from the Eastern Oregonian-Pendleton Roundup 2010
Political Status
vs. Ethnicity
Civil Rights
Where were you in 1978?
800% (8)in comparison to the average (1)
child
Recent Years
EnrollmentMembership
&
Eligible for Membership or
Enrollment
It’s simple ASK, ASK, and ASK
AGAIN
and... ASK! Every family. Every Child. Every Time.
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ACTIVE Efforts
vs. Reasonable Efforts
What is a
QEW?
Placement Preferences
Descending OrderFAMILY
Tribal MemberOther Tribe Member
Other Foster Placement - Native Americanetc...
Key is...communicate with the tribe.
In The NewsPhoto from NBC North Dakota News 2011
Headlines...• “Incentives And Cultural Bias
Fuel Foster System”, “Lost Children, Shattered Families”, & “Native Survivors of Foster Care Return Home” - NPR
• “A Hidden America: Children of the Great Plains”- 20/20 (Dianne Sawyer)
• “Emotional SC adoption case may weigh state, fed law” - Associated Press
• “ICWA law at center of adoption controversy” - Fox News
In The News: 20/20
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From Dianne Sawyer- Hidden America 10/2011
The Tools
Follow UpVisit:
SeawolfConsulting.com
Click “BLOG” on left side for downloads of handouts and links
THANK YOU!Rachelle Pavao Goldenberg, M.S.W.
Session B-12 - Monday February 27, 2012
Wouldn’t be complete without a story....
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From the movie: Smoke Signals (Frybread Riot Scene)