Across generations: Culture, history, and policy in the social ecology of American Indian grandparents parenting their grandchildren

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 81-101

  Mooradian, John K ^a   Cross, Suzanne L ^a   Stutzky, Glenn R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Elders; Grandparents; Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA); Kinship care; Native American

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548541447     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J039v10n04_04     Document Type: Article

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