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Article: “Indian” as a political classification: Reading the tribe back into the Indian Child Welfare Act.

December 17, 2018 by Native American Rights Fund

Title: “Indian” as a political classification: Reading the tribe back into the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Author:Elder, Allison
Source:13 NW J. L. & Soc. Pol’y 410 (2018)

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