What it means to be Two-Spirit, various definitions, tips on how to be a good ally, and potential challenges and barriers that may be experienced by those who identify as Two-Spirit or Native LGBTQ are included within this educational guide. (Please seek printing...
This tip sheet from the NRC4Tribes and Tribal Star offers support for Native children and youth who may be Two-Spirit and/or LGBTQ to help them feel connected to resources and communities.
Lenny Hayes and Sandy White Hawk developed this presentation for a workshop at the 2017 NICWA conference.
Children and adolescents across Indian Country are being targeted. TAKE ACTION Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purposes of a commercial sex act, in which...
The Time to Act is Now. A message from victim advocate, Bonnie Clairmont (Ho-Chunk) Our children are gifts to us and as such we have a sacred trust responsibility to protect them from all acts of violence. There is a crime that is hitting tribal communities everywhere...
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 is one of the key components to protecting the rights and culture of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and families. Unfortunately, not all child welfare caseworkers are aware of how to apply ICWA or the...
about us The Center for Tribes is a federally funded resource that supports American Indian and Alaska Native child welfare programs that receive Title IV-B or IV-E funding to build staff capacity, strengthen organizational systems, enhance programs, and improve...
Tools for Growth Workgroup Common Vision, Unique content The Capacity Building Center for Tribes’ Tools for Growth resources are developed by a team of American Indian/Alaska Native/Indigenous child welfare professionals from across Indian Country and partners who are...
