Tribal Child Welfare: Indigenous Wisdom as the Foundation for System Reform

Learning to Listen: Conversations for Change Fall 2025
Episode 2 – Tribal Child Welfare: Indigenous Wisdom as the Foundation for System Reform
October 8, 2025

Join Sarah Kastelic for an exploration of historical Native approaches to child and family flourishing; how U.S. policy intentionally dismantled these effective, natural, nurturing networks; and how a reassertion of Tribal self-determination is transforming Tribal systems. In the last several decades, dozens of Tribal Nations have legislated their approach to child welfare in Children’s or Juvenile Codes. These Tribal laws differ from federal and state child welfare laws in significant ways and center approaches that are unique, effective, and informed by Indigenous values

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