Wed, Oct 05
|Williamstown
No More Stolen Children: A History of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and the fight to save it
There was a time when tribal leaders reported that their children were missing. They had been taken from the homes that they knew and placed in non-Indigenous homes. Children were taken in droves. Learn how the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) came into existence, and how it is currently jeopardized.
Time & Location
Oct 05, 2022, 6:00 PM
Williamstown, 1095 Main St, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA
About the Event
There was a time when tribal leaders reported that their children were missing. They had been taken from the homes that they knew and placed in non-Indigenous homes. Children were taken in droves. Learn how the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) came into existence, and how it is currently jeopardized by a Supreme Court Case that threatens tribal sovereignty. With Heather Bruegl, an Independent Indigenous Consultant and Historian.