Practical Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act

The National Indian Law Library announced the release of their Practical Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act. Their news release called it "a powerful resource tool for tribal, state and federal entities involved in Indian child custody proceedings." This guide is available both in print or online as are many of the very useful NILL publications.

For those who are unfamiliar with the Indian Child Welfare Act, the introduction to the guide explains that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was enacted in 1978. It established minimum federal jurisdictional, procedural and substantive standards aimed to achieve the dual purposes of protecting the right of an Indian child to live with an Indian family and to stabilize and foster continued tribal existence.

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