Indian Child Welfare Act

Item Information

Title:
Indian Child Welfare Act
Description:
In this clip Pam Colorado, social worker and Ph.D., candidate at Brandeis University, talks to Barbara Barrow about the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. Overall the program focuses on foster care in Massachusetts with an emphasis on the proper placement of Native American children. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with guests Pam Colorado (a social worker and Ph.D. candidate at Brandeis), Kevin Brown (a Child Welfare Development Specialist for the Department of Public Welfare, Boston), Linda Lappen (a Co-supervisor for the Home Finding Unit of Boston's Welfare Department), and Suzanne Letendre (Director of the Foster Care Program at the Boston Indian Council) to discuss if it matters if a child is not placed within their family unit, if there a need for placement within a family of the same cultural background as the child's, the process by which children are placed with families, if relatives or foster families of the same ethnic background are always considered first, the problems facing Native Americans in terms of developing foster care programs, and whether or not the inability to place a child with the same ethnic group threatens the survival of a culture as a whole. Program includes previously filmed interviews with each of the guests, as well as Native American young adults who were raised by non-Native American families. Program includes a "Third World Connection" segment (in which theories related to the original inhabitants of North America are discussed) and "man on the street" interviews conducted by Barrow-Murray to assess whether or not the "average" person feels it is a problem when minority children are adopted by white families. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by David Atwood.
Producer:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Director:
Atwood, David
Creator:
Moore, Melvin
Contributor:
Clarke, Brian
Host:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Contributor:
Coleman, Vern
Contributor:
Hill, Rebecca
Contributor:
Rivera, George
Contributor:
St. Onge, David
Contributor:
Mackles, Gene
Contributor:
Fairweather, Bill
Contributor:
Norton, Chas
Contributor:
Mahard, Fran
Contributor:
Morton, Wil
Contributor:
Harrison, Rich
Contributor:
Smith, Lee
Contributor:
Smith, Kathy
Contributor:
LaBillois, Ann
Contributor:
Sullivan, John L.
Contributor:
Lewis, Webster
Contributor:
Chigas, Bail
Contributor:
Demers, Leo
Researcher:
Yang, Eileen
Contributor:
Buccheru, Ron
Contributor:
LeCain, Larry
Contributor:
Wareham, Skip
Contributor:
DeVitt, Doug
Contributor:
Clark, Marvin
Contributor:
Johnson, Nat
Contributor:
White, Conrad
Contributor:
Horne, Danny
Contributor:
Crane, David
Date:
March 31, 1978
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Indians of North America--Massachusetts
Boston (Mass.). Public Welfare Dept
Colorado, Pam
Boston Indian Council (Boston, Mass.)
Indigenous peoples
United States. Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
Brown, Kevin
Letendre, Suzanne
Lappen, Linda
Link to Item:
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_94AB3D862C544679872CF1FE731DA924