ICWA Conference: Keeping New York Families Together

November 7, 2007
Buffalo, New York
Millennium Airport Hotel

November 8, 2007
Syracuse, New York
The Genesee Grande Hotel

In November 2007, the Forum sponsored two educational sessions on ICWA which brought together clan mothers, law guardians and other persons involved in care of children who come before the courts

Table of Contents

1. Agenda for Buffalo and Syracuse

2. Faculty

3. Indigenous Sovereignty and The History of ICWA

4. 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 – 1963 (Indian Child Welfare Act)

5. Guidelines for State Courts: Indian Child Custody Proceedings - Federal Register Vol. 44 No. 79

6. NY Social Services Law § 2

7. NY Social Services Law § 39 (Indian Affairs)

8. 18 NYCRR 431.18 (current as of April 2008)

9. 18 NYCRR 428.9 (current as of April 2008)

10. 18 NYCRR 430.11 (current as of April 2008)

11. 18 NYCRR 430.12 (current as of April 2008)

12. “Top Ten” ICWA Issues Checklist

13. Indian Child Welfare Act Presentation by Margaret Burt

14. The ICWA Expert Witness in New York State: Presenting Quality Evidence To Protect the Best Interests of Indian Children

15. ICWA Compliance Information for Caseworkers

17. Mock Qualified Expert Witness Testimony Binder Pocket

• OCFS Indian Child Welfare Act Compliance Desk Aid
• CD Rom from the First New York Listening Conference, April 26-27, 2006