Indian Child Welfare Act Case Study
Introduction:
In 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) passed through Congress in
response to a crisis affecting American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children,
family and tribes (NICWA, 2017). ICWA s was enacted due to an exorbitant
amount of Native American children being removed from their parents and stripped
of their heritage as children were forced to assimilate to the dominant culture.
Approximately 85% of the 25 35% of children were placed outside of their families
and communities (NICWA, 2017), often in off reservation federally funded boarding
schools and/or foster placements where the values of christian, white, blue collar
were emphasized to civilize the children (Atwood, 2017). Native American children
were often ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
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