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2019: WE NEED A TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION Commission in the US now for the Adoption Programs that stole generations of children... Goldwater Institute's work to dismantle ICWA is another glaring attempt at cultural genocide.
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Indian Child Welfare Act attacks are a threat to tribes #ICWA
click: Indian Child Welfare Act attacks are a threat to tribes
High Country News
This week,
High Country News published
a story by reporter Allison Herrera detailing a conservative think tank’s efforts to dismantle the
Indian Child Welfare Act,
an adoption law that turns 40 this year. The 1978 act was created to
prevent the separation of Native children from their families and
communities through adoptions, to “protect the best interests of Indian
children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and
families.”
...
Groups like the Goldwater Institute that push for the elimination of
ICWA are, intentionally or not, contributing to the continued attack on
Native existence.
Such groups have attempted to capitalize on misinformation and stereotypes
as a way to undermine ICWA. But ignoring the rights of tribes as both
governments and as peoples to protect their culture not only ignores
sovereignty, an all-too-common practice these days, it also overlooks,
quite callously, generations of historical trauma.
Note from Trace Hentz
I am so grateful to Graham for writing this article and interviewing me and others on the topic of ICWA and keeping adoptees in the news. When I spoke to him, it hit me that I wrote the article for Indian Country Today in 2013 and very little has changed. other than Goldwater trying to end the important much-needed federal law Indian Child Welfare Act.
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Survivors, write your stories. Write your parents stories. Write the elders stories. Do not be swayed by the colonizers to keep quiet. Tribal Nations have their own way of keeping stories alive.... Trace
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| Indian Country is under attack. Native tribes and people are fighting hard for justice. There is need for legal assistance across Indian Country, and NARF is doing as much as we can. With your help, we have fought for 48 years and we continue to fight.
It is hard to understand the extent of the attacks on Indian Country. We are sending a short series of emails this month with a few examples of attacks that are happening across Indian Country and how we are standing firm for justice.
Today, we look at recent effort to undo laws put in place to protect Native American children and families. All children deserve to be raised by loving families and communities. In the 1970s, Congress realized that state agencies and courts were disproportionately removing American Indian and Alaska Native children from their families. Often these devastating removals were due to an inability or unwillingness to understand Native cultures, where family is defined broadly and raising children is a shared responsibility. To stop these destructive practices, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
After forty years, ICWA has proven to be largely successful and many states have passed their own ICWAs. This success, however, is now being challenged by large, well-financed opponents who are actively and aggressively seeking to undermine ICWA’s protections for Native children. We are seeing lawsuits across the United States that challenge ICWA’s protections. NARF is working with partners to defend the rights of Native children and families.
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