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Peer reviewedSpicer, Paul – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1998
Draws on interviews with 50 urban American Indians to examine how foster-care placements compromised former foster children's ability to parent their own children. Discusses the influence of parental drinking on family life, leading to child neglect and foster-care placement; differing experiences of foster children raised by extended family…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Drinking, Early Experience
Peer reviewedMindell, Robert; Vidal de Haymes, Maria; Francisco, Dale – Child Welfare, 2003
Describes a collaboration among a university, a state child welfare agency, and a Native American community organization to develop a culturally driven practice model for urban, Native American child welfare. Identifies challenges and opportunities in addressing the needs of urban Native American communities. Concludes with principles for…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Child Welfare, Children
Peer reviewedHalverson, Kelly; Puig, Maria Elena; Byers, Steven R. – Child Welfare, 2002
Examined views of urban American Indian parents regarding foster care and American Indian family issues. Addressed themes of: (1) discouragement from working within foster care system; (2) role of culture in caregiving; (3) differing definitions of family; and (4) effects of historical pain due to past family disruption. Formulated guidelines for…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Welfare, Children, Community Relations
Download full textMills, Kay – 1998
This article examines foster care and adoption, health, and education of poor Indian children. The paper first explains the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, gives a historical overview of injustices done to American Indians, and reviews recent court rulings and federal and state action in regard to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The paper then has…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Welfare
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
The House Select Committee met to receive testimony from representatives of Northwest tribes about conditions affecting Native American children and their families. Eloise King of Colville Confederated Tribes (Washington) summarizes a wide range of human needs and recommends that Congress make funding available directly to tribes. John Navarro and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare
