"As for the Indian Adoption projects (IAP), I needed a calculator. If the Native American population was 2 million and if just one quarter of all children were removed (via adoption) before the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, then on-paper, 80,000+ children were removed from their families during the early to mid-1900s. If the population of American Indians was 3 million, then over 100,000 babies were removed.
"I hated this math…85 percent of children were removed by adoption in 16 states. That’s genocide.
"Genocide, by my definition, means a community of people were culturally killed, wiped out or literally made dead for political and/or economic reasons. Strong words but true. Some of us are your next door neighbors. Some of us are not correctly listed on the census. Some of us are Indian only when we look in the mirror."
This is an excerpt from my memoir One Small Sacrifice. On Amazon.com.
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"I hated this math…85 percent of children were removed by adoption in 16 states. That’s genocide.
"Genocide, by my definition, means a community of people were culturally killed, wiped out or literally made dead for political and/or economic reasons. Strong words but true. Some of us are your next door neighbors. Some of us are not correctly listed on the census. Some of us are Indian only when we look in the mirror."
This is an excerpt from my memoir One Small Sacrifice. On Amazon.com.
Order a copy
Read an excerpt
Watch the trailer
Thank you for reading my blog and sharing this history with everyone... Trace
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