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2026 Tribal Child Welfare (ICWA, State Child Welfare, Tribal Courts) News Stories

Dakota County Minnesota celebrates opening of Indian Child Welfare Act Court (CBS News) 6/23/2026

‘Native children belong in Native communities’: Tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule (Guardian) 6/21/2026

Grand Forks County sees nearly 70% decrease in Native American foster care population (Grand Forks Herald North Dakot) 6/13/2026

A ‘rez girl trying to make a difference’ (The Imprint) 5/26/2026

Murkowski, Cortez Masto introduce bipartisan bill to strengthen Tribal child welfare programs (Native News Online) 5/22/2026

U.S. Supreme Court is asked, again, to overturn ICWA as unconstitutional (The Imprint) 5/6/2026

Six years after landmark settlement, New Mexico makes limited progress on child welfare reforms (The Imprint) 4/13/2026

This new Arizona child welfare law mandates DCS to try entering Tribal cooperative agreements (KJZZ Public Radio Phoenix) 4/3/2026

Tribal Nations urge appeals court to uphold ICWA in Arizona foster care case (Native News Online) 3/31/2026

Members of Congress call for American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (The Imprint) 3/24/2026

California bill would clarify protections for Native American children in probate cases (Mendocino Voice) 3/19/2026

Minnesota’s highest court rejects latest challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (The Imprint) 3/11/2026

Bill to make Wyoming’s Indian Child Welfare Act permanent advances (Wyoming Public Media) 2/24/2026

‘Because we care’ – Tribal Relations Committee advances bill draft removing sunset date from state ICWA law (County 10 - Fremont County Wyoming) 2/1/2026

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