Spring 2027

Social Work in American Indian Communities: the Indian Child Welfare Act

Examines social work roles in American Indian communities, focusing on ICWA compliance, historical trauma, and policy impacts on Tribal families.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Stephanie Lozano

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.70 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss historical and current sociopolitical and legal frameworks that directly impact Tribal citizens in the U.S., particularly children, women, and families.

  • Discuss prevention and intervention strategies to address the culturally relevant and appropriate reunification of Tribal families engaged with the child welfare system.

  • Analyze the history of policies and practices in the U.S. aimed at removing Tribal children from their families, including social work's role.

  • Critique how the current child welfare system and laws such as the Indian Child Welfare Act impact Indigenous families in the U.S.

  • Evaluate the relationship between NASW Core Values and child welfare policies and practices in the context of indigenous families.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
AMERIND/SOCWORK 636

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

STEPHANIE LOZANO is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.70 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act
  • Land removal, boarding schools, and adoption eras
  • Social determinants of health and intergenerational trauma
  • Culturally relevant reunification of Tribal families
  • NASW Core Values and Indigenous child welfare practices

Skills

  • Discussing sociopolitical and legal frameworks impacting Tribal citizens
  • Discussing prevention and intervention strategies for Tribal family reunification
  • Analyzing the history of policies removing Tribal children from families
  • Critiquing the impact of the child welfare system and ICWA on Indigenous families
  • Evaluating NASW Core Values in the context of Indigenous child welfare

Grades

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AMERIND/SOCWORK 636 · Spring 2027

Social Work in American Indian Communities: The Indian Child Welfare Act

Recorded 2026-10-14
AMERIND/SOCWORK 636 · Spring 2027

Social Work in American Indian Communities: The Indian Child Welfare Act

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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