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- Title
RACE, CULTURE, AND ADOPTION: LESSONS FROM MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTA W INDIANS V. HOLYFIELD.
- Abstract
The article is based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield. That case ruled that Native American tribes are the appropriate group to control the adoption process of tribal children. The article examines issues related to racial and cultural identity and the meaning and role of race in the adoption process. Historical analysis of the Supreme Court case is provided as well as an examination of how society and the law have defined race and how these definitions have been modified over time.
- Subjects
MISSISSIPPI; UNITED States; NORTH America; UNITED States Supreme Court history; NATIVE Americans; ADOPTION; CHOCTAW law; LEGAL status of adopted children; LEGAL status of Native American children; LEGAL status of Native Americans
- Publication
Columbia Journal of Gender & Law, 2008, Vol 17, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1062-6220
- Publication type
Article