Adoption of an American Indian Child is regulated differently than all other adoptions. It has to meet the
Indian Child Welfare Act, where in most cases a American Indian child must be adopted by an American Indian.
Why?
The removal of Indian children from their families
A 1976 study by the Association on American Indian Affairs found that 25 to 35% of all Indian children were being placed in out-of-home care. Eighty-five percent of those children were being placed in non-Indian homes or institutions.
Unger, Steven, ed., The Destruction of American Indian Families, New York: Association on American Indian Affairs, 1977, p.1.
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Posted by admin
on January 26, 2009
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I have class tonight, and I have to swing by the bursars office before I get there. oy.
I am a little nervous, its mostly becasue I don’t want to screw up. And I still havent heard back from the dean about the grade I am protesting; so I should see if she is in before I head over to class too. And I should also swing by the bookstore.
My first all weekend class is Feb 7th and 8th. I know I just need to get back into the groove of things, and I need to really sort out what I want to do for my thesis.
Sigh. Its cold, I didnt sleep well last night. I’m just going to whine. Its my blog I can whine if I want to right? WHHHHHHHINE. There I feel a little bit better.
Ok, my boss is excusing me a little bit early so I can take care of that stuff. Off I go.
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Posted by admin
on January 22, 2009
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36 years of choice. Yay!
Edit: I jusr read and unconfirmed report that Obama reversed the Global Gag rule. And I started to cry right there.
“Separately, the administration in the afternoon issued a reversal of a ban on federal funding for non-governmental organizations working outside the U.S. that offer abortions or abortion counseling.”
Tears of Joy, people. Tears of Joy.
Hundreds of thousands of women will now hear about contraception, disease provention, family planning, recieve rape counceling, that they couldn’t get because of the Global gag rule. The mear mention of abortion disqualified a non profit from reciving any money. Yes, even if they didn’t provide abortions. Yes, even if they helped women who had back alley abortions, after the fact. The simple fact is that these organizations do alot more than provide or find providors of abortion. These organizations provide, prenatal care, rape counseling, post rape surgeries, infant health services, food, contraception, contraception counsiling, family planning, disease counceling, along with hundreds of other things realted to womens health and infant health.
excuse me Im going to go compose myself….
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days
/2009/01/22/obama-issues-directives-detainees-
interrogation-guantanamo/
http://www.populationaction.org/Publications/Fact_Sheets
/FS5/Summary.shtml
Edit 2: Apparrently Barak, aka Barry. Damn you. Didn’t repeal it today.
Mr. President you are not starting off on my good side.
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