The Circumstances Leading Up to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

Abstract: A 14 page discussion of the many injustices which were dealt to Native Americans in the early history of this country. Assimilation policies, particularly those involving the taking of Native children and placing them in boarding schools or in non-Native homes, were particularly abhorrent. The ICWA is a step in the right direction for preventing the extinction of Native Americans as a whole. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

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Subcatagory: Native Indian Studies

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