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Workshop

Elevating, Assuring and Demanding ICWA

National Conference on Parent Representation

April 8, 2022
  • Jeffrey Adams, JD, WA Parents Representation Program Attorney
  • Courtney Lewis, JD, Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
  • Nicoleta Spilca, JD, New Mexico ICWA Court

This workshop highlights efforts to assure that the mandate of ICWA to affirmatively keep Indigenous Families whole and supported. Topics include Tribal involvement in state jurisdiction cases, appellate advocacy, utilization of federal ICWA regulations and creation of ICWA specific courts as well as work that still remain in assuring ICWA has meaning.