American Indian Adoption

Understanding events that preceded the Indian Child Welfare Act won't make the Act easier to follow, but may help those seeking to adopt, adoption professionals, and searching adoptees be more patient while legalities are observed.
http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/native-americans-and-adoption-adopting-a-native-american-child.htm

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An almost universal political and social institution which originally dealt only with persons but later with families, clans or gentes, bands, and tribes.
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/history/indianadoption.htm

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American Indian Adoption Program: An ethnic approach to child welfare. White Cloud Journal, 1, 3-6. Hayes, P. (1993). Transracial adoption: Politics and ideology.
http://www.nicwa.org/adoption/

Native American tribal information and resources, as well as family search sites.
http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/native-american-family-search-resources-adoption-search-reunion.ht
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