CONTENTS

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S. 1976, text of.........

Statements:

3

Blanchard, Evelyn, vice president, National Indian Social Workers Asso-

ciation, Portland, OR.......

95

Brown, Eddie F., director, Arizona Department of Economic Security,

Phoenix, AZ..............

58

Flint, Robert B., counsel and board member, Catholic Social Services,

Anchorage, AK.

68

Gradstein, Marc, attorney at law, San Francisco, CA

81

Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii, chairman, Select
Committee on Indian Affairs

1

Leavitt, David Keene, Esq., Academy of California Adoption Lawyers,

Beverly Hills, CA..

88

Ligtenberg, Eugene, division director, the Casey Family Program, Rapid
City, SD...

64

Lui, Violet A.P., attorney, the Navajo Nation, Department of Justice,

Window Rock, AZ..

92

Orrantia, Rose Margaret, executive director, Indian Child and Family

Services Consortium, Esconido, CA......

99

Swimmer, Ross, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the

Interior, Washington, DC.............

46

APPENDIX

Prepared statements:

Anderson, Owanah, staff officer, Native American Ministries, Episcopal
Church .......

Evans, Hon. Daniel J., U.S. Senator from Washington, vice chairman,

Select Committee on Indian Affairs

126

Ewald, Elwyn, executive director, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amer-
ica, Office for Governmental Affairs

Pierce, William L., Ph.D., National Committee for Adoption

174

Slagle, Allogan, assistant executive director, Evangelical Lutheran

Church in America, Office for Governmental Affairs....

Swimmer, Ross (with letters)

Berlin, Irving N., Anglo Adoptions of Native American: Repercussions in

Adolescence.......

218

Three Feathers Associates, Norman, OK, Indian Child Welfare: A Status

Report................

220

Westermeyer, Joseph, Ethnic Identity Problems Among Ten Indian Psy-

chiatric Patients .....

232

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