ICWA, ORICWA & National Resources

Oregon's Nine Federally Recognized Tribal Nations

• Burns Paiute of Harney County
• Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
  
• Confederated Tribes of Siletz
  
• Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Reservation
  
• Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
  
• Coquille Indian Tribe
• Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
• Klamath Tribes

Oregon Indian Child Welfare Act (ORICWA) & ICWA

• National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) - Portland headquartered
  • NICWA News
  • Positive Indian Parenting Classes
• ORICWA 2021 Judicial Benchbook supported by Casey Family Programs and Oregon Judicial Department Juvenile Court Improvement Program
• ORICWA History by Oregon DHS
  • Cultural Continuity Agreements - agreements that caregiver parents of Indian children may be asked to sign in order to support ongoing cultural connection with a child's Tribe, benefiting the child in understanding their culture, heritage, and identity.
• Customary Adoption by Capacity Building Center for Tribes
• The Heart of ICWA - Native families sharing stories of loss and healing (videos)
• Missing Threads: The Story of the Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act (video)

Websites

"Protect ICWA" fan gear for sale!

• American Indian Library Association
• Cultural Survival - U.S. headquartered, global focus
• First Nations Development Institute
• First Nations Repatriation Institute
• Indian Country Today News
• The Language Conservancy - global
• National Congress of American Indians
• Native America Today News
• Native Knowledge 360° - many educational resources!
• Native Land - search territories, languages and treaties of countless Nations, Tribes & Bands
• National Museum of the American Indian
• Tracing American Indian & Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Ancestry
• Tribal Information Exchange
• Tribal Resilience Resource Guide by U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
• U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs