****************** A SIMPLE REQUEST ****************** Many of our files are unique and/or copyrighted by The Center For World Indigenous Studies and The Fourth World Documentation Project. All FWDP files may be reproduced for electronic transfer or posting on computer networks and bulletin boards provided that: 1. All text remains unaltered. 2. No profit is made from such transfer. 3. Full credit is given to the author(s) and the Fourth World Documentation Project. 4. This file is included in the archive if being used as a file on a BBS, FTP site or other file archive. Thank you for your cooperation. John Burrows Director, Fourth World Documentation Project ()-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=() ||/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|| ||=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|| || || || The Fourth World Documentation Project runs entirely on grants || || and private donations. If you find this information service || || useful to you in any way, please consider making a donation to || || help keep it running. CWIS is a non-profit [U.S. 501(c)(3)] || || organization. All donations are completely tax deductible. || || Donations may be made to: || || || || The Center For World Indigenous Studies || || c/o The Fourth World Documentation Project || || P.O. Box 2574 || || Olympia, Washington USA || || 98507-2574 || || Thank You, || || CWIS Staff || || || ||=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|| ||\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|| ()=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-() ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: This file has been created under the loving care of :: :: -= THE FOURTH WORLD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT =- :: :: :: :: Questions and comments on FWDP can be addressed to: :: :: :: :: John Burrows jburrows@halcyon.com :: :: P.O. Box 2574 :: :: Olympia, Wa Fido Net 1:352/333 :: :: 98507-2574 206-786-9629 :: :: USA The Quarto Mundista BBS :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: CONFERENCE OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS SESSION III RESOLUTION #3-51579 Indian Child Welfare Act PREAMBLE: Indian Tribes throughout the State of Washington actively supported the Indian Child Welfare Act, P.L. 95-608, passed in 1978 on November 7 by Congress. It has been the intent and desire of many to have jurisdiction over the destiny of their children and families. WHEREAS; The Bureau of Indian Affairs was directed by Congress to prepare the regulations for the implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act; and WHEREAS; Those regulations were not initiated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs until January of 1979, causing concern and distress by Tribes who feared that the regulations would not reflect the needs of Indian Tribes; and WHEREAS; The Bureau of Indian Affairs published the regulations allowing limited if any input in the development of those regulations, even after Washington State Indian Tribes attended and testified at a public hearing in the Seattle area; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is hereby requested by the delegates to Session III of the Conference of Tribal Governments to work towards revising the proposed regulations on which comments are due by 5-23-75 to better meet the needs and desires of Indian Tribes, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bureau of Indian Affairs should request fair and equitable appropriations so that each and every Indian Tribe be allowed to contract for those services author- ized in the Act to meet their needs, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the State of Washington actively initiate communications with Indian Tribes of the State of Washington to come to agreements regarding the Federal regulations and Washington Administration Codes relating to the care and jurisdiction of all Indian children and their families living on or off the reservation. Introduced by Mary Jo Butterfield, Makah, Human Resources Committee. Date: 5- 15-79, Adopted: 5-15-79. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To have a current Center For World Indigenous Studies Publication Catalogue sent to you via e-mail, send a request to jburrows@halcyon.com Center For World Indigenous Studies P.O. Box 2574 Olympia, WA U.S.A. 98507-2574 Fax: 206-956-1087 BBS: 206-786-9629