Deconstructing the Baby Veronica Case: Implications for Working with Fathers in Indian Child Welfare Practice

Deconstructing the Baby Veronica Case: Implications for Working with Fathers in Indian Child Welfare Practice
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
8:30am – 4:00pm
McNamara Alumni Center, UMNFederal and state laws, as well as agency policies and practice, play a significant role in how we work with fathers in Indian child welfare practice. In this forum, speakers and panelists with differing viewpoints will analyze the legal context of the “Baby Veronica” case for a closer look at father involvement. Practice strategies and policy recommendations will be a focal point. Read more about the event here.Breakfast and lunch will be served and light snacks will be available throughout the day.6 Board of Social Work CEUs will be available. CLEs have been applied for.

Presenters
Judge William Thorne, Utah Court of Appeals

Chrissi Nimmo, Assistant Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation

Mark Fiddler, Attorney representing the Capobianco Family

Erma J. Vizenor, Chairwoman, White Earth Nation

Panelists
Terry Cross. Executive Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association

Essie Leoso-Corbine, Social Services Director for Bad River Band of Ojibwe, WisconsinFormer Administrator in Tribal and County Systems

Mary Boo, Assistant Director North American Council on Adoptable Children

Moderator
Sarah Deer, Assistant Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law

This forum is being offered under the auspices of the First Nations Repatriation Institute; Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies, Department of Social Work, University of Minnesota–Duluth; and Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, School of Social Work, College of Education and Human Development.

Thanks to Jim Hamilton for the tip!