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Peer reviewedMatheson, Lou – Social Work, 1996
Indian Child Welfare Act became federal law in order to prevent abuses of power by state agencies, courts, and church groups which disrupt Indian families by placing American Indian children in foster care in non-American Indian households. This article studies the impact of the law and discusses a case study of three American Indian children. (FC)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Child Welfare
