ICWA Law Center
Social & Welfare Services in Minneapolis, MN
In 1993, Indian leaders and attorneys formed the Indian Child Welfare Law Center. They saw that Minnesota's Indian kids were being taken from their homes and put in non-Indian homes - in violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978. To work with the Indian community to preserve and reunite Indian families by delivering culturally appropriate legal services, governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, to kids, parents, extended family members, and tribes; and to serve as a community development resource for Indian Child Welfare Act education, advocacy, and public policy.