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Montana ICWA community selects tribal outreach and cultural connections as top priorities; discussion highlights courtroom practices and local programs
Summary
At an April community-of-practice meeting, participants voted to prioritize tribal community outreach and education and strengthening cultural connections for children; the group watched a short documentary clip of Judge Patricia Clark and discussed 'power to/with/within' frameworks and local efforts such as the Kids Coop's farm-to-school work.
Participants in the Montana ICWA Community of Practice on Zoom voted to make tribal community outreach and education, and strengthening cultural connections for children, the group’s top two priorities for 2025.
The facilitator, Ashley Chaney McNeil, opened the session by reminding participants of the group’s mission: "The purpose of this Montana ICWA community of practice is to foster meaningful, culturally humble collaboration among people who are involved and affected by ICWA in order to preserve and empower Indian families' connection to their culture," she said.
Meeting organizers said the group first crowdsourced four priority topics in February, then held a live poll in April. Eleven participants took the poll, and the results were: tribal community outreach and education, 11 of 11; strengthening cultural connections for children, 7 of 11; preferred placements for kids, 4 of…
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