tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post5664797229802222665..comments2024-03-21T04:45:43.081-04:00Comments on AMERICAN INDIAN ADOPTEES: Guest Blog: Adoption Reality by Celeste BillhartzLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395257432521760435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-36813524220573330762011-08-03T22:32:13.784-04:002011-08-03T22:32:13.784-04:00Just read this piece. Powerful. Important. Necessa...Just read this piece. Powerful. Important. Necessary. Thank you for speaking out.Patricia Berdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04193570138048377488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-63212735348084456612011-05-02T21:13:46.901-04:002011-05-02T21:13:46.901-04:00Yes, Celeste's column is directed to those who...Yes, Celeste's column is directed to those who adopt and know nothing about the birthparents. You obviously know your child's birthmother, Anonymous, which is a different matter. I am sure that you will tell your son about his family and tribe. I am sure you are aware of your son's difficulties adjusting to life without his natual parents. In my case, stranger adoption was not easy on me as the child. I knew nothing, nothing about my ancestry and my adoptive family were not Native American.LThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395257432521760435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-46148110055367613242011-05-02T20:36:51.293-04:002011-05-02T20:36:51.293-04:00I am Native and i adopted a baby boy from the same...I am Native and i adopted a baby boy from the same tribe. I understand the sentiments above but they generalize and condemn adoptive families unfairly with one broad stroke. My son's mother is a crack addict, unable to clean up, losing child after child, and having children who will never know who their fathers are. I am not a "stranger" to my son, nor is he a "stranger" to me. The reality is that there are many many Native children in care and not enough Native adoptive families. And no wonder when we are constantly confronted with this sort of article/opinion that gives no consideration to those of us who are doing what we do "in the best interest of the child" and because we love them and want to provide them with a family and community that values them and shares their culture. This is in keeping with the values of my First Nation culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-24049420641145277002011-05-02T20:03:18.165-04:002011-05-02T20:03:18.165-04:00Just read this piece. Powerful. Important. Necessa...Just read this piece. Powerful. Important. Necessary. Thank you for speaking out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com