#20231102-3 WEBINAR: The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
$15.00
Description
(November 2023) The Importance of ICWA and Redressing the Wrongs of History Discussion
This session will provide foundational knowledge on historical and generational trauma within Tribal communities and offer insight into the current impacts seen within communities today. Highlighting the disproportionality of Indian children in the foster care system which lead to the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Kimee Wind-Hummingbird, a citizen of the Muscogee Nation with Cherokee descendency, served the youth and families in the Child and Family programs of her two Nations for 22 years before joining the University of Montana’s National Native Children’s Trauma Center in 2021.
In addition to considerable experience in Tribal Program administration, development and enhancement, she also has extensive expertise on the Indian Child Welfare Act. Kimee has trained and consulted with both tribal and non-Tribal partners including Judges, Attorneys, State Child Welfare Agencies, Native Nations Child Welfare Programs, Juvenile Justice Agencies, Schools and Native Nations Healthcare Facilities throughout the US and Canada. She also participated in an International Child Welfare Exchange in Israel discussing child welfare issues affecting communities across the globe. Her focus across all of her professional activities has been keeping Indigenous families connected to their Nation, Culture, and Community.
Kimee has always lived on the Muscogee reservation in Oklahoma where she enjoys spending time with her three adult daughters and two granddaughters.
Watch time: 93 minutes
Eligible Certificate of Completion time: 90 minutes