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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd recommend any would-be adoptive parent listen to S2 of the podcast This Land, which looks at the shadowy interests looking to overturn the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

The podcast does a great job of universalizing some of the issues that face both indigenous and non-indigenous adoptive families and adoptees, including the ways in which kids who were placed with families that shared their heritage fared better in both the foster care system and as adoptees.

You may still decide to adopt, but I'd recommend listening to the podcast. [/quote]

[b]Why…? People trying to adopt in the 21st century aren’t going to be adopting Native American kids against the will of the tribes. [/quote][/b]

That's where you would be wrong. There are people taking cases to the Supreme Court right now in order to adopt Native kids against the will of the tribes. Literally as we speak.

That's why the podcast is interesting, because indigenous kids are a microcosm for larger issues in the adoption industry. We know that outcomes for indigenous kids get worse the further you get from their heritage. So, raised by family members is best, then members of their own tribe if no family is available, and by indigenous folks of another tribe if needed. The worst outcomes are for indigenous kids separated from their heritage entirely.

Similarly, the ICWA cases crack open other [b]distressing trends. Lawyers who advise their clients to lie, for example. Competition for babies, to the point that would-be adoptive parents would happily go against the will of birth families. Kids put in foster care for poverty, and courts that set impossible standards for parents to get their kids back. [/b]

[b]If you are thinking of adopting, it's worth really understanding the industry you are buying into, because the way the sausage gets made is pretty ugly. [/b][/quote]

This.This right here tells it all - it is an INDUSTRY, it is run by MONEY and it is (often) UGLY. [/quote]

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