Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ538867
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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The Politics of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Matheson, Lou
Social Work, v41 n2 p232-35 Mar 1996
Indian Child Welfare Act became federal law in order to prevent abuses of power by state agencies, courts, and church groups which disrupt Indian families by placing American Indian children in foster care in non-American Indian households. This article studies the impact of the law and discusses a case study of three American Indian children. (FC)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Child Welfare, Children, Cultural Differences, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Family Programs, Federal Indian Relationship, Federal Regulation, Foster Care, Mental Health Workers, Politics, Public Policy, Social Workers, Substance Abuse, Suicide
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Indian Child Welfare Act 1978
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