BIA letter here.
The second listening session will be April 15th from 1:30pm-3:00pm at the NICWA conference.
ICWA
NICWA To Offer CLE’s at National Conference
For the first time ever the National Indian Child Welfare Association’s Annual Protecting Our Children Conference will be offering CLE’s to participants. We have applied for CLEs in Minnesota and Oregon and many state offer reciprocal CLEs. Also, we will have information about how to apply to CLEs in all states. The 32nd Annual Conference is being held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida April 13–16. For more information about our conference visit http://www.nicwa.org/conference.
Third KU ICWA Panel on the Future of ICWA
Viven Olsen, attorney at Prairie Band Potawatomi, with Colette Routel, Russ Brien, and moderator Julia Goodfox
Chrissi Nimmo Speaking at KU ICWA Conference
With moderator Elizabeth Kronk Warner and co-panelist Mark Fiddler.
Lakota People’s Law Project Meeting on Federal Foster Care Funds
Court Conditionally Reverses TPR to Comply with ICWA Notice Provisions, Unpublished Case, California
Link to PDF: b247833.pdf .
It is also available at 2014 WL 848098 and online at the California courts website.
Dean Leeds Teaching ICWA at KU ICWA Conference
Kansas Law Conference on ICWA
18th Annual Tribal Law & Government Conference today.
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome Remarks Dean Stephen Mazza, KU Law Professor Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Director, KU Tribal Law & Government Center |
| 9:15-10:15 | Indian Child Welfare Act: Its Origins and Application (PDF) Dean Stacy Leeds, University of Arkansas School of Law Moderator: Burton Warrington, President and CEO of Prairie Band LLC |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: The Arguments, The Decision and Potential Implications Mark Fiddler, Mark Fiddler Law Office (PDF) Chrissi Nimmo, Assistant Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation (PDF) Moderator: Professor Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Director, KU Tribal Law & Government Center |
| 12:15-1:15 | Lunch, Gridiron Room, Burge Union |
| 1:30-3:00 | The Future of ICWA Russ Brien, Brien Law LLC (PDF) Vivien Olsen, Attorney with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (PDF) Professor Colette Routel, William Mitchell College of Law |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-4:15 | Ethical Considerations Related to ICWA Professor Kate Fort, Michigan State University College of Law (PDF) Moderator: Rebecca Howlett, KU Law Student and KU NALSA Member |
| 4:15 | Closing Remarks |
Placement Preferences, Guardianship, and Identifying Tribe Unpublished ICWA Case from California
Unpublished opinion here.
NCJFCJ Toolkit for Monitoring ICWA Compliance
Here.
The NCJFCJ is committed to helping state courts achieve full ICWA compliance. A new resource is now available to the courts (or Court Improvement Programs) to help achieve this goal. Measuring Compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act: An Assessment Toolkit, provides concrete tools and recommendations for the state courts to assess their current compliance with ICWA. The Toolkit identifies strengths and weaknesses of different data collection approaches, provides sample tools or questions for the sites, and identifies resources and examples of putting this into practice. If you have any questions or would like additional information about measuring ICWA compliance in your jurisdiction, you can e-mail the research team at research@ncjfcj.org.
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