Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

By Rita James Simon, Sarah Hernandez, Rita J. Simon

Book Overview

This study focuses on the lives of Native American transracial adoptees and their struggle to establish a healthy sense of cultural identity, while being raised in non-Native homes. The twenty participants in this study focus on what methods their adoptive parents used or, in some cases, did not use to help them establish their own sense of cultural identity. In the end, most participants agreed that adoptive parents can help their adoptive child establish a healthy sense of cultural identity by nurturing a connection between their child and their child's tribal community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739124935
• ISBN13: 9780739124932
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"