Native American Child Placement

Narragansett, Native American community residing within the State �

of Rhode Island. Members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe �

residing within the State of Rhode Island receive child welfare �

services through the tribal organization, as opposed to �

receiving such services through a recognized organization �

providing services to all non Narragansett, Native Americans.�

Perhaps the most tragic aspect of Indian life in North �

America in the later years of the twentieth century is the large �

scale separation of Indian children from their families and from �

their culture. The policies that created this situation "shocked �

and dismayed Indian families, while exposing thousands of Indian �

children to the anomie and uncertainty of long-term foster care �

in an alien culture."1 (MacDonald, 1983, p. 76).�

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n of state agencies, regardless of the intent of the � � Act to transfer jurisdiction to Indian tribes to the maximum � � extent possible. The urban locus of affected Indian children � � does not in itself mean that tribes may not assume jurisdiction. � � Most tribes, however, do not have the necessary social networks � � established in urban areas which would permit them to detect and � � intervene in the early development of child welfare cases � � involving Indian children. Thus, most such cases come to the � � attention of state authorities, before the tribes are aware of � � them. � ��� In addition to the very specific provision relating to � � jurisdiction and placement preferences, the Act includes specific � � reporting and record-keeping requirements. A large proportion of � � the responsibility with respect to these reporting and record-� � keeping requirements are within the sphere of activity of social � � service professionals at the state level. Social service � � professionals must also develop an ethnic competence, if they are � � to effectively deliver services in the spirit of the Act.� ��� It is essential for social service professionals to be fully � � familiar wit
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