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Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Through the in-depth interviews they conduct with each participant, the authors explore complex questions of cultural identity formation. The participants of the study represent a range of positive and negative experiences of transracial adoption. Regardless of their personal experiences, however, all twenty respondents indicate that they are supporters of the Indian Child Welfare Act and that they believe that Native children should be raised in Native households whenever possible. However, eighteen of the twenty respondents concede that non-Native families can raise Native children to be happy, healthy, well-adjusted adults. Through the interviews, Simon and Hernandez allow readers to better understand the different experiences of Native American adoptees.
Rita James Simon is a professor at the School of Public Affairs at American University. Sarah Hernandez is a scholarship coordinator for the American Indian College Fund.
Part 1 Part I: History and Analysis of Native American Adoptees into White and Black FamiliesPart 2 Part II: Native American Adoptees Describe Their Experiences: IntroductionPart 3 Part III: InterviewsChapter 4 1 Diane AmesChapter 5 2 AndreaChapter 6 3 Leslee CaballeroChapter 7 4 Veronica Rose DahmenChapter 8 5 Denise EngstromChapter 9 6 Joyce GonzalezChapter 10 7 Shana GreenbergChapter 11 8 Rosalind HussongChapter 12 9 Jordan KennedyChapter 13 10 RoSean KentChapter 14 11 Star NayeaChapter 15 12 Tamara WatchmanChapter 16 13 Jean WellsChapter 17 14 Paul DeMainChapter 18 15 David HoughtonChapter 19 16 Dennis JonesChapter 20 17 Paul LaRocheChapter 21 18 Nicholas Leech-CrierChapter 22 19 Jonathan Old HorseChapter 23 20 Ted SmithPart 24 Part IV: Summary and Concluding Comments
Transcribed interviews allow the adoptees to powerfully and poignantly express the impact of their experiences, thus challenging readers to make their own meaning....The book is important because it tackles an ignored subject....Recommended. Two-star review.