As of April 24th, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Utah has ordered a temporary stay of S.B. 199.
The Utah State Courts are processing guardianship cases under existing law, but are excluding all of S.B. 199's provisions until the stay is lifted or amended. Learn more

Utah Indian Child Welfare Conference

2017 Conference

  • Agenda - PDF
  • Presenter Biographies - PDF
  • Opening Dinner Keynote Address: Sustaining Health Through Kinships, Dr. Philip Smith (Navajo) - PDF
  • Conference Keynote: Truth Healing Reconciliation in Indian Child Welfare, Sandy White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota, enrolled member of Rosebud Sioux Tribe) Presentation coming soon.
  • Strategies for Understanding and Working with Trauma Survivors, Dr. Tami DeCoteau (Enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation and a descendant of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) Presentation coming soon.
  • Celebrating Our Heritage: Our Time Honored Tradition, Our Kin, Dr. Sharon McDaniel - PDF
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