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- Title
BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD: A Tribal Judge's Perspective.
- Authors
Atkinson, Judge Lisa L.
- Abstract
The article explores laws related to the best interest of the child from a tribal court perspective, filtered through a cultural and historical lens of tribal history, custom and tradition. Topics discussed include the Indian Adoption Project of 1958; establishment of Indian boarding schools; American Indian child welfare crisis of the 1960s and 1970s; and passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act in (ICWA) 1978.
- Subjects
NATIVE American children; INDIAN Child Welfare Act of 1978 (U.S.); INDIAN Adoption Project, 1958-1967; AMERICAN children; BEST interests of the child (Law)
- Publication
Judges' Journal, 2019, Vol 58, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
0047-2972
- Publication type
Article