Preserving A Culture

After I read the story about White Hawk I wondered if the wrong that was done to her is still being done to the Native American people today.  While internet searching I came across a story about a Native American toddler  “Baby Veronica” who was adopted by a white couple and the father who is Native American is trying to get her back.  “Today, even with the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act, we still have many children placed in white foster homes” (White Hawk, pg. 299) “they concluded that our children- the only resource we have left to secure our future- needed to be taken from our families” (White Hawk, pg. 300).  Even today the families are still being torn apart with the help of adoption agencies and judges participating in unethical removal of Native American children.  Instead of destroying the family unit there should be more support for families that are at a disadvantage with social and economic issues.  In my opinion I think the Native American people are still being manipulated, used, and abused.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/03/native-american-adoption-investigation-request