"I believe even up through the 70s it was common to take the children of natives away from their parents and give them up for adoption without parental consent."
Well, they got parental consent, but would fudge it. They would tell a new mother "She would have a much better chance in life" if you let these well-off white people adopt her. Oh yeah. So she'd sign it and let him go. The various nations are still trying to trace all the lost birds.
The Indian Child Welfare Act was a big help in '79, because now if an Indian child has to be adopted they have to first look for a family from her/his same tribe.
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Date: 2010-11-29 04:01 am (UTC)Well, they got parental consent, but would fudge it. They would tell a new mother "She would have a much better chance in life" if you let these well-off white people adopt her. Oh yeah. So she'd sign it and let him go. The various nations are still trying to trace all the lost birds.
The Indian Child Welfare Act was a big help in '79, because now if an Indian child has to be adopted they have to first look for a family from her/his same tribe.