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Article: A LOVING REMEDY TO NATIVE AMERICAN ADOPTIONS.(Editorial)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- December 29, 1997
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1997 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Jane Gorman and Diane Michelsen
This month, two Native American sisters officially got what they've been waiting four long years for - an adoptive family to call their own. The settlement of their historic case marks the end of a controversy that has dragged through the court system far too long - how to adequately address the unique status of the adoption of Native American children under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978.
The case of Bridget and Lucy Rost was settled because the birth parents realized that it was in the best interest of the children to have the couple who has raised the girls since birth adopt them. As part of the ...
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