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Alaska Resources

Laws, etc:

• Statutes
• Cases
• Attorney General Opinions:
• 1981: AK AG File No. J-66-422-81
• 1986: AK AG File No. 663-86-0248
• 1996: AK AG File No. 663-96-0521
• 2004: AK AG File No. 661-04-0467
• Court Rules: No relevant court rules have been found.
• Regulations

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Guides:

• Indian Child Welfare: Desk Guide to the ICWA Law & Culture. Office of Children's Services.
• ICWA: Frequently Asked Questions. Office of Children's Services.
• Tribal Concern Flow Chart. Office of Children's Services.
• Publications of the Office of Children's Services. State of Alaska. Health and Social Services.
• A Guide to Alaska Child in Need of Aid Cases, September 1999. Alaska Judicial Council.

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Contacts:

Tribes
ICWA Liason Help Desk
Community Partner Contacts, Various Tribes, Alaska Office of Children's Services
Tribal ICWA contacts: List of Indian Child Welfare Act Designates, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal directories - National Indian Law Library
State Agencies, Community Organizations, and Alaska Native Organizations

State
State of Alaska, Health and Social Services, Office of Children's Services, ICWA - Indian Child Welfare Act
State of Alaska, Health and Social Services. Tribal State Collaborative Group.
State Agencies, Community Organizations, and Alaska Native Organizations

Legal organizations
Alaska Bar Association, Alaska Native Law Section
American Bar Association - State and Local Bar Association Directory

For additional links to legal resource organizations -- beyond those offered by the state bar association -- use the National Indian Law Library's Guide to Legal Assistance Resources. Some organizations (bar associations, legal services, law firms and lawyers, and legal clinics at universities) might provide ICWA assistance.

Other contacts
National organizations, grant programs & urban Indian centers