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Download full textAvina, Cheryl – 1993
This paper recounts the author's removal as an Indian child to a non-Indian foster home and consequent alienation and identity crisis, and presents survey results from Indian adults with similar childhood experiences. The problems in this particular case began when, at age 5, the author moved with her family from the reservation to an urban…
Descriptors: Alienation, American Indians, Child Welfare, Early Experience
