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Peer reviewedMannes, Marc – Child Welfare, 1993
Reviews the emergence of the field of contemporary Native American child welfare. Assesses the consequences of the field's devotion to child protection and placement, and examines a number of family preservation-oriented Native American child welfare programs. Considers the implications of family preservation for Native American and Alaskan Native…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Child Welfare
Download full textPlantz, Margaret C.; And Others – 1988
This is a report on the first national examination of the effects of the Indian Child Welfare Act (Public Law 95-608), enacted in 1978. The study examines the prevalence of Native American children in substitute care and the implementation of the act and portions of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 as they affect Indian…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Alaska Natives, American Indians
