Factors and Events Leading to the Passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Mannes, Marc

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Publication Date: 1995

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Factors and Events Leading to the Passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Mannes, Marc

Child Welfare, v74 n1 p264-82 Jan-Feb 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, Child Custody, Child Welfare, Children, Federal Legislation, Laws, Minority Group Children, Placement, Policy Formation, Public Policy, Sioux (Tribe), Social Agencies, Social History, Transracial Adoption

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Indian Child Welfare Act 1978

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