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Download full textThunder Hawk, Anne – 2000
In 1978, federal legislation was passed to protect tribally enrolled or potentially enrollable American Indian children and prevent the breakup of Indian families. Prior to the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act, it was estimated that one-quarter to one-third of all Indian children were being removed from their families. In this paper, an…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, American Indians, Early Experience, Ethnicity
