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Adoption didn’t solve the ‘Indian Problem’

January 30, 2019 by moran


An author recounts how 1960s policies ripped apart families and communities, including her own.

An essay from author Susan Harness about her memoir, Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption. Read the full article at the High Country News website.

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