Administrative Burden and the Reproduction of Settler Colonialism: A Case Study of the Indian Child Welfare Act

The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) sought to end the forced removal of Native children from their tribes. Decades later, American Indian children are still placed in foster and adoptive care at disproportionately high rates. Drawing on forty years of archival data, this study examines the r...

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Main Author: Hana E. Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2023-09-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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