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Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

Hernandez, Sarah
Simon, Rita J.

Paperback

Native American HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesPregnancy & Adoption

ISBN10: 0739124935
ISBN13: 9780739124932
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Mar 1 2008
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.13 Depth: 8.91
Language: English

Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Through the in-depth interviews they conduct with each participant, the authors explore complex questions of cultural identity formation.

The participants of the study represent a range of positive and negative experiences of transracial adoption. Regardless of their personal experiences, however, all twenty respondents indicate that they are supporters of the Indian Child Welfare Act and that they believe that Native children should be raised in Native households whenever possible. However, eighteen of the twenty respondents concede that non-Native families can raise Native children to be happy, healthy, well-adjusted adults. Through the interviews, Simon and Hernandez allow readers to better understand the different experiences of Native American adoptees.

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