"A Child of the Indian Race" : A Story of Return /

"A Child of the Indian Race" : A Story of Return /

"An adoptee reconnects with the Lakota family and culture she was born into-- and nurtures a new tradition that helps others to do the same." --

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White Hawk, Sandy (Author)
Other Authors: Cross, Terry L. (author of introduction.), Thin Elk, Gene (author of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2022]
Subjects:
White Hawk, Sandy.
Indians of North America > United States > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > United States > Social conditions.
Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Indians of North America > Crimes against > United States.
Indigenous peoples > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Indigenous peoples > Crimes against > United States.
Indigenous children > United States.
Indigenous peoples > Rehabilitation > United States.
Indigenous peoples > United States > Government relations.
Indigenous peoples > United States > Ethnic identity.
Adoption > Corrupt practices > United States.
Interracial adoption > United States.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Agliaku : bringing them home / Gene Thin Elk
  • Introduction: The Indian Child Welfare Act and adult adoptees and fostered individuals / Terry Cross
  • "A child of the Indian race"
  • The first trip home
  • Growing up, growing alone
  • Isolation is familiar
  • Wings on a dream
  • A seed is planted
  • The seed is nurtured
  • The song
  • Defining a movement
  • Welcoming them home
  • Reconciliation begins with the individual
  • The work
  • Words of witness
  • Repatriation
  • Finding our place in the circle
  • Appendix 1: Child Welfare League of America 2001 apology
  • Appendix 2: The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #SD-02-037.

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