Gil Vigil: Enforcing the Indian Child Welfare Act to Protect Native Children

[@ot505]

My great grandmother x2 was from tesuque and was adopted into a Spanish family. It's been really hard to learn about that part of my family

[@theresaromard-james572]

I was in the foster care system in Canada, my tribe doesn't give a crap about me. I worked for other tribes and also for the child protection program with one tribe. We did family history searches that consisted of 300 plus letters to family members, looking for someone to care for the children in foster care. Many cases nobody is able to willing to take these children. I was told by people that ICWA does not apply to child protection on the reservation and that should not be the case. ICWA is to return children home. Well I have never been able to return home, the housing list is 35 years long. So I have decided to make my life elsewhere. This system is so broken and does not care for us. They say ICWA is to protect the children, but it does not and only applies to counties, not the tribes. The tribes are just as guilty at separating families and not looking back.

[@finallyhome1145]

we have another case right now out of California with a large amount of the same players from the baby veronica case about a foster family that has been fighting a choctaw childs non native family for over 3 years because the foster family wants to adopt the child and remove her from her family, her tribe and her biological sisters

[@larriannmusick2525]

I am Native American enrolled tribal member there is pros and cons to ICWA.First off we need to tackle the Drugs alcohol and domestic violence on the reservations.Why are the parents loosing these children.and why are not family members intervening before these children taken into custody.

[@Bellkiss85]

My foster baby was removed from our home last Friday just because the laws tribal Indian😢😢😢 I think that's not right to removed kids like that just because the law...you guys hurting those innocent kids😢😢