{"id":1239,"date":"2017-08-22T15:06:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T20:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/"},"modified":"2018-08-01T14:12:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T19:12:40","slug":"setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1978, Congress worked closely with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI\/AN) elected officials, child welfare experts, and families whose children had been unnecessarily removed from their homes, to pass the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA). ICWA was carefully designed to protect AI\/AN children and families from unscrupulous and biased child welfare practices and well-documented disregard for AI\/AN families and culture held by some courts and attorneys.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1978, Congress worked closely with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI\/AN) elected officials, child welfare experts, and families whose children had been unnecessarily removed from their homes, to pass the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA). ICWA was carefully designed to protect AI\/AN children and families from unscrupulous and biased child welfare practices [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-1239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-library","tag-sovereignty-collaboration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Center for Tribes designs &amp; delivers tools &amp; resources for American Indian &amp; Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Center for Tribes designs &amp; delivers tools &amp; resources for American Indian &amp; Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-22T20:06:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-01T19:12:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cbctadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cbctadmin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cbctadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/97a3e1db29cb074dd2c51e238f86379c\"},\"headline\":\"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-22T20:06:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-01T19:12:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/\"},\"wordCount\":82,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Sovereignty &amp; Collaboration\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Resource Library\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/\",\"name\":\"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-22T20:06:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-01T19:12:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Center for Tribes designs & delivers tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/\",\"name\":\"Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Capacity Building Center for Tribes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBCTLOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBCTLOGO.png\",\"width\":826,\"height\":568,\"caption\":\"Capacity Building Center for Tribes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCm-aSseF9Pws34aVB6qks_A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/97a3e1db29cb074dd2c51e238f86379c\",\"name\":\"cbctadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca4b846749a33bac18335360481e13f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca4b846749a33bac18335360481e13f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cbctadmin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/author\/cbctadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","description":"The Center for Tribes designs & delivers tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","og_description":"The Center for Tribes designs & delivers tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.","og_url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/","og_site_name":"Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","article_published_time":"2017-08-22T20:06:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-01T19:12:40+00:00","author":"cbctadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cbctadmin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/"},"author":{"name":"cbctadmin","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/97a3e1db29cb074dd2c51e238f86379c"},"headline":"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet","datePublished":"2017-08-22T20:06:20+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-01T19:12:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/"},"wordCount":82,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["Sovereignty &amp; Collaboration"],"articleSection":["Resource Library"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/","url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/","name":"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-08-22T20:06:20+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-01T19:12:40+00:00","description":"The Center for Tribes designs & delivers tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/setting-the-record-straight-the-indian-child-welfare-act-fact-sheet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/","name":"Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization","name":"Capacity Building Center for Tribes","url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBCTLOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBCTLOGO.png","width":826,"height":568,"caption":"Capacity Building Center for Tribes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCm-aSseF9Pws34aVB6qks_A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/97a3e1db29cb074dd2c51e238f86379c","name":"cbctadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca4b846749a33bac18335360481e13f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca4b846749a33bac18335360481e13f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cbctadmin"},"url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/author\/cbctadmin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1532,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}