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Peer reviewedMannes, Marc – Child Welfare, 1995
Presents the historical background, contemporary factors, issues, and activities that led to the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Discusses actions of the Devils Lake Sioux of North Dakota in 1968 and involvement of the Association on American Indian Affairs, which led to Senate hearings in 1974 and passage of the act in 1978. (TM)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, American Indians
