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Child Abuse & Neglect
Child Abuse and Death within Indian Country
By Elizabeth Morris, Winter 2016 “…there is no resource that is more vital to the continued existence and integrity of…
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Senator Hoeven and Senate Committee push “historic levels of funding for Indian country in Phase III Coronavirus response”
While all communities are in need of support during this unprecedented world crisis, when reading the numbers below, note the…
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Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children
Tell Congress How to Best Meet the Needs of Native Children
The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children (also known as the congressional Commission on Native Children,…
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Advocacy
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHTER: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHTEST The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet FROM CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR INDIAN CHILD WELFARE In direct…
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Advocacy
Letter to Every Senator – PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
I speak not only as the Chair of a national non-profit advocating for the rights of families who have chosen…
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Advocacy
Not Just Lexi: ICWA Hurting Untold Children Across U.S.
Bismarck, ND – On March 21, a 6-year-old girl of 1/64 Choctaw ancestry was taken crying from her home by…
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Advocacy
Foster Care Exec Gives PC Excuse for Support of BIA Rules
This is the response by an executive on the board of more than one Foster Care Association after a tribal…
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Advocacy
READ THE SUIT – Lawsuit Filed Against the BIA’s New ICWA Guidelines
By Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal May 27, 2015 “A husband-wife team from two Washington, D.C., law offices filed…
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Advocacy
A Family You Love is Having Trouble Parenting: What to do instead of calling CPS
A friend or relative appears to be struggling with the difficulties of parenting and appears to either not understand the…
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Advocacy
Attorney General Eric Holder’s Dec 3, 2014 remarks in Full
Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks During the White House Tribal Nations Conference Washington, DC United States ~ Wednesday, December…
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Advocacy
Tribal Members: You can Comment Anonymously –
Afraid to Comment in the new ICWA rules? We’ve been told the BIA has approved an opportunity to anonymously submit…
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Advocacy
Educating Congress on the new BIA Regs hurting Our Children –
. Visited over 80 offices in last few days concerning how the BIA is hurting not just our kids, but…
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Advocacy
PRESS RELEASE: BIA Issues Devastating ‘Anti-Family’ ICWA Rules
For immediate release: February 25, 2015 Contact: Elizabeth Morris, Chairwoman BIA Issues Devastating ‘Anti-Family’ ICWA Rules Washington DC The Bureau…
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BIA issues new ‘Anti-family’ ICWA guidelines –
These guidelines make it clear that a child’s extended birth family is irrelevant and the only matter of concern is…
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Advocacy
Five hours later, he died in a car wreck
He died in a car wreck on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Just five hours earlier, he was talking to us…
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Advocacy
“Stakeholders” – the new BIA buzz word –
The word “stakeholders” is the new buzz word at the BIA. They use it in attempt to delimit who they…
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Advocacy
LETTER TO BIA re: ICWA GUIDELINES
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 CAICW wrote the following letter to BIA officials: Ms. Cave and the committees involved with…
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