Daughters Given Up for Adoption Seek Knowledge About Their Culture and Birth Mothers

Mary Annette Pember
May 14, 2012
This year, for the first time in a long time, Mother’s Day didn’t bring with it the painful unknowns for Jeanne Winslow and Rachel Banks Kupcho of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe ...

NICWA Conference Addresses Challenges of the Indian Child Welfare Act

Mary Annette Pember
April 27, 2012
Terry Cross Although, the U.S...

Showing 'Indianness' for ICWA Benefits Isn't Easy

Carol Berry
February 15, 2012
Proving Indian identity, a sometimes-difficult task, is a crucial challenge when dealing with Native children in the foster-care system...

Q&A With Social Worker Danialle Rose, Who Works With Crow Creek Sioux Families

Stephanie Woodard
February 15, 2012
Danialle Rose, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe , is a licensed certified social worker and mental health professional with Capital Area Counseling Service , central South Dakota’s state...

Advocate Frank LaMere Talks About Battles Shaping Indian Child Welfare

Stephanie Woodard
February 14, 2012
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) has been in the news lately...

Cheyenne River’s ICWA Director Discusses Challenges of Protecting Tribe’s Youngsters

Stephanie Woodard
February 14, 2012
Too many Native parents face extraordinary hurdles in keeping their children—including cultural misunderstandings and legal barriers that are unimaginable to many non-Native people...
Gyasi Ross

A Fight, A Fight, an Indian and a White! Of Childhood Chants and Indian Child Welfare

On the rez, the kids at my school got into fights quite a bit. We had this saying, when one of the few white kids (or one of the Indian kids that “looked white”) who went to our school was involved: “A fight!...

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January 10, 2012

Biological Father Regains Custody of Two-Year-Old Cherokee Daughter in Adoption Battle

ICTMN Staff
January 09, 2012
The biological father of a 2-year-old Cherokee girl, who was adopted by non-Native parents in 2009, has regained custody...

War Eagle Awards to Frank LaMere and Tito Parker

Stephanie Woodard
December 18, 2011
The Sioux City Human Rights Commission granted its annual War Eagle Human Rights Award to Frank LaMere, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and head of the city’s Four Directions Community...

Supreme Court Approached on ICWA Issue

Carol Berry
December 10, 2011
The Cherokee Nation and one of its members have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide issues raised by a ruling of the U.S...

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