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Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

Rita J. Simon and Sarah Hernandez

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.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 380 • Trim: 6½ x 9¾
978-0-7391-2492-5 • Hardback • February 2008 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
978-0-7391-2493-2 • Paperback • February 2008 • $60.99 • (£47.00)
978-1-4616-3386-0 • eBook • February 2008 • $57.50 • (£44.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations, Family & Relationships / Adoption & Fostering, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
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 Families
Part 2 Part II: Native American Adoptees Describe Their Experiences: Introduction
Part 3 Part III: Interviews
Chapter 4 1 Diane Ames
Chapter 5 2 Andrea
Chapter 6 3 Leslee Caballero
Chapter 7 4 Veronica Rose Dahmen
Chapter 8 5 Denise Engstrom
Chapter 9 6 Joyce Gonzalez
Chapter 10 7 Shana Greenberg
Chapter 11 8 Rosalind Hussong
Chapter 12 9 Jordan Kennedy
Chapter 13 10 RoSean Kent
Chapter 14 11 Star Nayea
Chapter 15 12 Tamara Watchman
Chapter 16 13 Jean Wells
Chapter 17 14 Paul DeMain
Chapter 18 15 David Houghton
Chapter 19 16 Dennis Jones
Chapter 20 17 Paul LaRoche
Chapter 21 18 Nicholas Leech-Crier
Chapter 22 19 Jonathan Old Horse
Chapter 23 20 Ted Smith
Part 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.
— Choice Reviews


Not since David Fanshel's Far from the Reservation has a study so thoroughly examined the effects of transracial adoption on Native American people. This study fills an important gap in the history of the transracial adoption of Native American children. It portrays, in wonderful detail, the struggles of twenty Native Americans between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-nine who were transracially adopted as children into non-Native American families (sixteen into white families). It illustrates the 'highs' and 'lows' of their experiences and concludes by candidly addressing the ambivalence felt by these individuals to transracial adoption.
— Howard Altstein, School of Social Work, University of Maryland


Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • 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.
Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 380 • Trim: 6½ x 9¾
    978-0-7391-2492-5 • Hardback • February 2008 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
    978-0-7391-2493-2 • Paperback • February 2008 • $60.99 • (£47.00)
    978-1-4616-3386-0 • eBook • February 2008 • $57.50 • (£44.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations, Family & Relationships / Adoption & Fostering, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Author
Author
  • 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.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part 1 Part I: History and Analysis of Native American Adoptees into White and Black Families
    Part 2 Part II: Native American Adoptees Describe Their Experiences: Introduction
    Part 3 Part III: Interviews
    Chapter 4 1 Diane Ames
    Chapter 5 2 Andrea
    Chapter 6 3 Leslee Caballero
    Chapter 7 4 Veronica Rose Dahmen
    Chapter 8 5 Denise Engstrom
    Chapter 9 6 Joyce Gonzalez
    Chapter 10 7 Shana Greenberg
    Chapter 11 8 Rosalind Hussong
    Chapter 12 9 Jordan Kennedy
    Chapter 13 10 RoSean Kent
    Chapter 14 11 Star Nayea
    Chapter 15 12 Tamara Watchman
    Chapter 16 13 Jean Wells
    Chapter 17 14 Paul DeMain
    Chapter 18 15 David Houghton
    Chapter 19 16 Dennis Jones
    Chapter 20 17 Paul LaRoche
    Chapter 21 18 Nicholas Leech-Crier
    Chapter 22 19 Jonathan Old Horse
    Chapter 23 20 Ted Smith
    Part 24 Part IV: Summary and Concluding Comments
Reviews
Reviews
  • 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.
    — Choice Reviews


    Not since David Fanshel's Far from the Reservation has a study so thoroughly examined the effects of transracial adoption on Native American people. This study fills an important gap in the history of the transracial adoption of Native American children. It portrays, in wonderful detail, the struggles of twenty Native Americans between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-nine who were transracially adopted as children into non-Native American families (sixteen into white families). It illustrates the 'highs' and 'lows' of their experiences and concludes by candidly addressing the ambivalence felt by these individuals to transracial adoption.
    — Howard Altstein, School of Social Work, University of Maryland


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