Washington Resources

Laws, etc:

• Statutes
• Cases
• Court Rules
• Regulations

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Guides:

• Indian Child Welfare Manual. Wash. State Dept. of Social and Health Services, Children's Administration.
• Indian Child Welfare Act. Northwest Justice Project. (c2003/2004).
• Ch. 10. Local Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committee. Wash. State Dept. of Social and Health Services, Children's Administration.

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Contacts:

Tribes
Tribal ICWA contacts: List of Indian Child Welfare Act Designates, Bureau of Indian Affairs     HTML     PDF
Tribal directories - National Indian Law Library

State
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Indian Child Welfare Act Services

Legal organizations
Washington State Bar Association, Indian 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