Resources
We recommend that caregivers of Native American children do research on the unique background and traditions of your child. Many state and federally recognized tribes have websites and contact information available online. The list below is not exhaustive but can be a good starting place for understanding your child’s heritage and rights. If you have suggestions for additional resources, contact us.
Organizations
Reports/Guides
American Indian and Alaska Native Grandfamilies: Helping Children Thrive Through Connection to Family and Cultural Identity– A Toolkit from Generations United
Supporting Native Children CASA Guide
Child Welfare Information Gateway
A Practical Guide to ICWA (NARF)
The Indian Child Welfare Act and CASA/GAL Volunteers: Advocating for the Best Interests of Native Children
Tribal College Map (American Indian College Fund)
Bureau of Indian Education Schools
We R Native: Health Resources for Native Youth
Healthy Native Youth: Sexual Health Curricula for Educators
Articles
American Indian Kids Face Some of the Greatest Challenges to Success (Annie E. Casey Foundation 2017)
Unspoken: America’s Native American Boarding Schools (NPR)
Review of “Remembering the ‘Forgotten Child’: The American Indian Child Welfare Crisis of the 1960s and 1970s”
Considerations with fostering or adopting Native American children (AdoptUSKids)
For Wisconsin
Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act (DCF)
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Out-Of-Home Care Report (2016)
The Ways: Stories on Culture & Language from Native Communities Around the Central Great Lakes
Indian Schools in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Historical Society)
Moranian, Suzanne Elizabeth. “Ethnocide in the Schoolhouse: Missionary Efforts to Educate Indian Youth in Pre-Reservation Wisconsin.” Wisconsin Magazine of History 64, no. 4 (Summer 1981): 242–60.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Resources Related to American Indian Education
