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A 14 page discussion of the many injustices which were dealt to Native Americans in the early history of this country. Assimilation policies, particularly those involving the taking of Native children and placing them in boarding schools or in non-Native homes, were particularly abhorrent. The ICWA is a step in the right direction for preventing the extinction of Native Americans as a whole. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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that invaded their lands has had a number of low points. Native Americans have not only had their lands and culture stripped from them, they have suffered discrimination and
abuse and had practically every aspect of their lives determined by the whites who quickly became the majority in North America. Even Native American children were not exempt from
the calculated attempt at genocide which was waged during the earlier years of our countrys history. Fortunately today we have enacted numerous laws to protect Native Americans from the
overt types of injustices which characterized our past. One particularly important law is the Indian Children Welfare Act (ICWA). First implemented in 1978 the primary purpose of this
law was to: "protect the best interests of Indian children by establishing standards for the
placement of these children in foster or adoptive homes which will reflect the unique values of Indian culture" (Townsend, 1995).
Even though in practice this law has resulted in problems on its own, problems that will be discussed in more detail below, it represents a
phenomenal improvement in the way the parental and familial rights of Native American had been abused prior to its passage. Native Americans had
suffered one injustice after another in the years preceding the ICWA. As a result of these injustices, Native American culture had been placed in significant danger and that danger
continues even today. While some historians argue that the actual number of Native Americans in the United States in on the rise, Native American culture is in dire danger
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