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Indian Child Welfare Act

Wabanaki Legal News, Spring 2011 What is the Indian Child Welfare Act? The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is a federal law that regulates state court placement proceedings involving Indian children. ICWA applies to any child protective case, adoption, guardianship, termination of parental rights action, or voluntary placement of Indian children. When & Why was ICWA passed by Congress? Congress created the ICWA in 1 more...

Truth and Reconciliation

Wabanaki Legal News, Spring 2012 What is a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? A TRC is a group of people chosen to investigate a problem and make suggestions about how to make the problem better.  This TRC is focusing on what happened to Wabanaki people involved with the Maine child welfare system. What are the goals of this TRC?  There are three goals: To find out and write down what more...