 Congress recognized that four primary factors contributed to the high rates of Indian child removal by states.These were 
1) "a lack of culturally competent State child-welfare standards for assessing the fitness of Indian families; 
2) systematic due-process violations against both Indian children and their parents during child-custody procedures; 
3) economic incentives favoring removal of Indian children from their families and communities; and 
4) social conditions in Indian country.