Foster or Adoption Stories; Kid/YA/Adult

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1	I (Debbie Reese, Nambe Pueblo) began compiling this bibliography of stories and books about Native children who were fostered or adopted out of their Native community/nation on April 8, 2016.
2	Most of the items listed were suggested on the pages of two Facebook groups: Native American/First Nations Literature, and the AWP Indigenous-Aboriginal American Writers Caucus.
3	The list must not be considered a list of recommended items. Non-Native writer, Emily Henry, is included. Her use of ICWA in her young adult book is deeply troubling.
4	Scholars in Native literature find Udall and Kingsolver's books to be misleading as well.
5	If you know of others that I can list (or if I have made errors in what I've listed), please write to me directly at dreese.nambe@gmail.com. Thank you.
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8	Alexie, Robert	The Pale Indian	Penguin	2004	Tetlit Gwich'in	Brother and sister, Blue Indian, adopted	Adult
9	Alexie, Sherman	Indian Killer	Grove Press	1996	Spokane/Coeur d'Alene	John, doesn't know	Adult
10	Alexie, Sherman	Flight	Black Cat	2007	Spokane/Coeur d'Alene	Character is a foster child;	Adult
11	Alexie, Sherman	"Search Engine" in Ten Little Indians	Grove Press	2003	Spokane/Coeur d'Alene	Character: Harlan Atwater	Adult
12	Apess, William	Son of the Forest	Self-published (https://archive.org/details/sonofforestexper00inapes)	1829	Pequot	Pequot; spent childhood with white grandparents	Adult
13	Brings Plenty, Trevino	Waka Wanagi Ghosts	Backwaters Press	2015	Lakota	Poems	Adult
14	Bruchac, Joseph	Skeleton Man	Harper Collins	2009	Abenaki	Mohawk	YA
15	Cannon, A. E.	Shadow Brothers	Dell	1990	Not Native	Navajo fostered with Mormon family	MG
16	Erdrich, Louise	"American Horse" in Spider Woman's Granddaughters (Paula Gunn Allen)	Fawcett	1990	Ojibwe	Metis, short story	Adult
17	Green, Tim	Unstoppable	Harper	2012	Not Native	Harrison, foster child	MG
18	Grover, Linda LeGarde	The Road Back to Sweetgrass	U Minnesota Press	2014	Ojibwe	Ojibwe	Adult
19	Hedge Coke, Allison	Streaming	Coffee House Press	2014	Metis, Huron	Metis, Huron; poems	Adult
20	Hedge Coke, Allison	Off Season City Pipe	Coffee House Press	2005	Metis, Huron	Metis, Huron; poems	Adult
21	Hedge Coke, Allison	Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer	U of Nebraska Press	2004	Metis, Huron	Metis, Huron; Memoir	Adult
22	Henry, Emily	The Love that Split the World	Penguin	2016	Not Native	Poarch Creek (not named); adoption	YA
23	Jensen, Toni	"Butter" in From the Hilltop	Bison Books	2010	Metis	Blackfoot, short story	Adult
24	Kingsolver, Barbara	Bean Trees	Harper and Row	1988	Not Native	Cherokee	Adult
25	Kingsolver, Barbara	Pigs in Heaven	HarperCollins	1993	Not Native	Cherokee	Adult
26	Lone Hill, Dana	"Dead Cows and Lies I Was Told" in Off the Path (Adrian L. Jawort)	Off the Pass Press	2015	Lakota		Adult
27	Mosionier, Beatrice Culleton	In Search of April Raintree	Portage & Main Press	1999	Metis	Metis	YA
28	Morin, Tara Lee	As I Remember It	Theytus Books	2011	Metis	Metis	YA
29	Razor, Peter	While the Locus Slept: A Memoir	Minnesota Historical Society Press	2002	Chippewa	Chippewa	Adult
30	Rittenhouse, Carolyn Cook	Carlisle Indian Industrial School	U Nebraska Press	2016	Lakota Sioux		Adult
31	Robidoux, Barbara	Sweetgrass Burning: Stories	Blue Hand Books	2016	Eastern Cherokee	Fictional reservation (North Point Reserve); adoption	Adult
32	Rose, Wendy	Bone Dance	U Arizona Press	1994	Hopi		Adult
33	Sears, Vicky L.	"Grace," in Spider Woman's Granddaughters (Paula Gunn Allen)	Fawcett	1990	Cherokee	Cherokee	Adult
34	Skolnick, Sharon (Okee-Chee)	Where Courage is Like a Wild Horse	U Nebraska Press	1997	Apache	Apache; orphanage/adoption	Adult
35	Smith, Monique Gray	Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience	Sono Nis Press	2013	Cree and Lakota	Lakota and Cree	Adult
36	TallMountain, Mary	"The Disposal of Mary Joe's Children" in Spider Woman's Granddaughters (Paula Gunn Allen)	Fawcett	1990	Koyukan	Alaska Native	Adult
37	Taylor, Drew Hayden	Someday (a play)	Fifth House	1993	Ojibwe		Adult
38	Udall, Brady	The Life of Edgar Mint	Norton	2001	Not Native	Character is "half Apache", orphan in foster care	YA/Adult
39	Wagamese, Richard	Keeper'N Me	Anchor Canada	2011	Ojibwe	Ojibwe, foster homes	Adult
40	Wagamese, Richard	A Quality of Light	Doubleday Canada	1997	Ojibwe		Adult
41	White, Tara	Where I Belong	Tradewinds	2014	Metis	Metis	YA
42	Wilson, Darryl Babe	The Morning the Sun Went Down	Heyday	1998	Pit River	autobiographical; foster child	Adult
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