"A child of the Indian race" : a story of return /

White Hawk, Sandy,

"A child of the Indian race" : a story of return / Sandy White Hawk ; foreword by Gene Thin Elk ; introduction by Terry Cross - xix, 212 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cm

Agliaku : bringing them home / The Indian Child Welfare Act and adult adoptees and fostered individuals / Truth -- "A child of the Indian race" -- The first trip home -- Growing up, growing alone -- Isolation is familiar -- Healing -- Wings on a dream -- A seed is planted -- The seed is nurtured -- The song -- Defining a movement -- Welcoming them home -- Reconciliation -- Reconciliation begins with the individual -- The work -- Words of witness -- Repatriation -- Finding our place in the circle -- Child Welfare League of America 2001 apology -- The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #SD-02-037. Gene Thin Elk -- Terry Cross -- Foreword. Introduction. Part 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part 3. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Appendix 1. Appendix 2.

"An adoptee reconnects with the Lakota family and culture she was born into-- and nurtures a new tradition that helps others to do the same." --

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Interracial adoption--United States.
Adoption--Corrupt practices--United States.
Indigenous peoples--Ethnic identity.--United States
Indigenous peoples--Government relations.--United States
Indigenous peoples--Rehabilitation--United States.
Indian children--United States.
Indians of North America--Crimes against--United States.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--United States.

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