This is a Throwback Thursday Episode of the Daily CornMeal From January of 2019. Leah Lopez is a Supervisory Social Worker for the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Sacred Connections Department. Ms. Lopez has 7 plus years of experience working with Foster Care and Adoption cases utilizing the Indian Child Welfare Act more commonly known as ICWA. In this Episode host Chris Gomez and Leah dive into ICWA, the challenges of working with State entities, and the Sacred Connections department.