United States: Shared Decision-Making - A Voice For The Lakota People

United States: Shared Decision-Making - A Voice For The Lakota People   Linda Herzberg, 2012   Child welfare has long been a concern for American Indians, so much so that Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in 1978. The ICWA was intended to address was the large number of children placed out of home as a result of abuse and/or neglect, and the corresponding lack of tribal and community input regarding their removal and placement. This paper focuses on one group of...

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